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Young  Men's 

Presbyterian  Union 

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"When    Andrew   Stevenson  speaks  we  all 
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T|HERE  is  perhaps  no  young  layman  in  the 
I  Presbyterian  Church  to-day,  who  is  more 
zealous  for  the  cause  of  Christ  as  represented 
in  the  church  of  his  choice  than  is  ANDREW 
STEVENSON.  Himself  a  young  man,  his  life  has  been 
and  is  devoted  to  the  service  of  young  men,  and  he 
has  fortified  himself  with  a  knowledge  of  the  church 
and  its  leaders  as  probably  no  man  has  ever  done  be- 
fore. This  book,  which  is  given  to  the  public  at  the 
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No  Christian  man  of  any  sect  or  creed  could  read 
the  pages  without  having  his  own  zeal  and  courage 
strengthened,  and  no  Presbyterian  can  comprehend 
the  situation  as  set  forth  by  Mr.  Stevenson  without  a 
feeling  of  pride  in  what  has  been  accomplished  in  his 
own  church,  or  without  gaining  a  spirit  of  thanks- 
giving and  its  consequent  inspiration,  at  the  tremen- 
duous  possibilities  for  the  future  of  such  power, 
properly  directed. 

Says  the  Westminister: 

' '  If  the  time  ever  comes  when  a  layman  becomes 
a  Moderator  of  our  General  Assembly  here  is  a  young 
man  who  will  be  one  of  the  first  so  elected." 


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Chicago 

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CHICAGO 

PRE-EMINENTLY  A 
PRESBYTERIAN  CITY 


ANDREW  STEVENSON 

President  Young  Men's  Presbyterian  Union  of  Chicago 
With   Supplementary  Sketches  of 

McCormick  Theological  Seminary 

By  The  Rev.  Jas.  G.  K.  McClure.  D.  D.,  LL.  D..  President 

Lake  Forest  University 

By  Prof.  John  J.   Halsey,  LL.  D.,  Acting  President 

Presbyterian  Hospital 

By  Albert  M.  Day,  President 


JANUARY.  1907 


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To  the  Memory 

Of  my  friend  and  closest  associate  in  work 
for  young  men, 

Frank  \VTiite 

A  Christian  gentleman,  whose  life  was  a  constant 
inspiration  to  the  young  men  of  the  City  of 

Chicago,  and  whose  unselfish  devotion 

to  the  Preshyterian  Church  endeared  him  to 

the  great  host,  for  whose  inspiration  chiefly  these 

facts  have  been  prepared. 


CONTENTS 

PAGE 

Foreword 9 

Chicago  Pre-eminently  a  Presbyterian  City — 

Introduction     15 

Six  Key  Men      22 

The  Bankers 25 

Railroad  Men 30 

Prominent  Bible  Class  Teachers 31 

Lawyers  and  Politicians 33 

Packers 37 

Wholesale  Grocers 38 

Lumbermen 39 

Varied  Industries 41 

Wholesale  Dry  Goods  Merchants 44 

Wholesale  Merchants  and  Manufacturers 45 

Retail  Merchants 49 

Newspaper  Men 50 

Insurance  Men 51 

Architects 54 

La  Salle  St.  Financiers 54 

Educators 55 

Publishers,  Printers,  Etc 57 

Physicians,  Surgeons,  Dentists,  Etc 59 

Engineering  and  Constructing  Experts 63 

Retired  Merchants      64 

Capitalists 65 

Some  Deductions 68 

The  Young  Men's  Presbyterian  Union 69 

The  Presbyterian  Brotherhood 70 

Conclusion 71 

Sketch  of  McCormick  Theological  Seminary 72 

By  Rev.  James  G.  K.  McClure,  D.D.,  LL.D.  Pres.— 


CONTENTS 

PAM 

Sketch  of  Lake  Forest  University 76 

By  John  J.  Halaey,  Ph.D.,  LL.D.,  Acting-Pros.— 

Sketch  of  Presbyterian  Hospital 80 

By  Albert  M.  Day,  President — 

Directory  of  Institutions  and  Organizations  in  and  about 
Chicago  having  Presbyterian  officers,  directors  or  trus- 
tees and  referred  to  in  the  Index  of  Presbyterians  ...  85 

Index  of  Men  identified  with  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the 
Presbytery  of  Chicago  and  prominent  in  their  lines  of 
business  or  profession 88 

Directory  of  Presbyterian  Churches  and  Missions  (with  their 

pastors)  in  the  Presbytery  of  Chicago Ill 

Directory   of   the   Executive   Committee   of   Young   Men's 

Presbyterian  Union  of  Chicago 115 

Rank  of  Churches  in  Presbytery  of  Chicago  in  actual  member- 
ship   119 

Real  Growth  of  Churches  in  Presbytery  of  Chicago 120 

Presbytery  of  Chicago  compared  with  leading  Presbyteries  of 

the  United  States 123 

Growth  of  Chicago  Churches  and  Sunday  Schools  during  the 

last  thirty  years 124 

Growth  of  the  larger  Presbyteries  during  the  last  thirty 

years 124 


<fTe  are  the  salt  of  the  earth;  but  if  the  salt  has  lost  its 
savour,  wherewith  shall  it  be  salted  ?  it  is  thenceforth  good 
for  nothing,  but  to  be  cast  out,  and  to  be  trodden  under 
foot  of  men. 

"Ye  are  the  light  of  the  world.  A  city  that  is  set  on  a 
hill  cannot  be  hid.  Neither  do  men  light  a  candle,  and 
put  it  under  a  bushel,  but  on  a  candlestick;  and  it  giveth 
light  unto  all  that  are  in  the  house. 

*'Let  your  light  so  shine  before  men,  that  they  may  see 
your  good  works,  and  glorify  your  Father  which  is  in 
Heaven." 

— ST.  MATTHEW,  5:  13-16. 


o  r  e  w  o  r 


FOREWORD 

In  the  preparation  and  editing  of  an  article  for  publi- 
cation no  one  could  ever  be  happier  than  the  writer  of 
this  paper  has  been  during  the  past  few  weeks.  No  au- 
thor could  be  prouder  of  his  subject  than  I  am  of  mine. 
Nevertheless,  it  is  doubtful  if  anyone  ever  experienced 
.quite  the  same  feeling  of  anxiety  in  letting  his  document 
go  to  press  for  it  is  fully  realized  that  risks  are  being  as- 
sumed in  the  publication  of  an  article  of  this  character. 

First:  There  is  the  danger  of  glorifying  man  rather 
than  God.  Should  anyone  read  these  pages  without 
feeling  how  great  is  the  responsibility  resting  upon  those 
who  are  mentioned  herein  because  of  the  prominence  of 
the  places  they  occupy,  that  one  has  missed  the  key-note 
of  the  book.  The  hope  which  goes  out  with  these  words 
is  that  they  may  be  used  to  show,  after  all,  how  insig- 
nificant man  is  and  how  great  is  the  goodness  of  God,  and 
how,  without  Him  we  can  do  nothing  that  is  worth  while. 
Oh !  that  the  Presbyterian  men  of  Chicago  might  come  to 
see  how  little  their  lives  have  really  counted  for  all  these 
years  and  how  much  may  be  accomplished  if  they  will 
"Seek  first  the  Kingdom  of  God  and  His  righteousness" 
and  trust  Him  for  seeing  that  they  are  properly  cared  for 
in  material  prosperity. 

Second:  There  may  be  those  who  will  interpret  this 
as  a  boastful  presentation  of  Presbyterian  strength  in  the 

[9] 


Foreword 

city  of  Chicago.  Certainly  no  such  thing  is  intended. 
An  effort  is  now  being  made  to  prevail  upon  the  proper 
Congregationalist  and  the  proper  Episcopalian  to  under- 
take a  similar  investigation  for  their  respective  denomi- 
nations and  it  is  hoped  others  will  do  the  same.  No  one 
will  welcome  more  than  I  their  findings.  Many  of 
Chicago's  strongest  and  ablest  business  men  are  to  be 
found  in  the  other  denominations. 

Third:  The  risk  of  mentioning  those  whose  lives, 
some  may  think,  are  far  from  being  what  they  should  be 
and  whose  influence  in  business  as  well  as  in  church  circles 
would  retard  rather  than  aid  the  progress  of  young  men 
who  may  be  seeking  inspiration  and  encouragement  in 
their  every  day  lives.  If  there  be  those  included  herein 
who  do  not  stand  for  the  best  and  highest  there  is 
in  life — if  there  should  happen  to  be  those  who,  for  ex- 
ample, own  or  control  property  which  is  rented  or  leased 
to  saloons  or  for  immoral  purposes,  no  one  will  be  quite 
so  sorry  as  I — yet  possibly  this  very  publicity  may  set 
them  thinking  and  the  result  may  be  very  gratifying  after 
all. 

Fourth:  The  risk  of  including  those,  who  though  ap- 
parently well  fo-unded  now,  may  fall  by  the  wayside  in  the 
near  future  and  whose  lives  may  be  the  subject  of  front 
page  newspaper  scandals  any  day. 

Fifth:  The  probability  of  having  omitted  the  very 
names  of  the  men  who  are  entitled  to  first  recognition  but 
who,  for  some  unaccountable  reason,  have  been  over- 

[IOJ 


Foreword 

looked.  No  claim  is  made  for  this  booklet  that  it  is 
anywhere  nearly  unabridged — it  is  only  a  feeble  attempt 
to  start  something  in  this  general  direction. 

All  the  possible  risks  and  errors  are  realized;  so  it  may 
be  seen,  very  readily,  how  great  is  the  responsibility  of 
presenting  such  a  list  of  facts  and  names.  Yet  over  and 
above  it  all — it  is  because  of  the  lack  of  information  on 
the  part  of  most  Presbyterians  of  the  possible  strength  of 
the  men  of  the  church,  if  once  united,  that  such  a  pub- 
lication is  necessary  and  important  at  this  time.  There 
are  hundreds  of  our  most  prominent  business  men  who 
do  not  know  that  their  closest  associates  are  Christians, 
let  alone  the  fact  of  their  being  Presbyterians.  There  are 
those  who,  if  they  knew  of  the  influence  which  might  be 
exerted  along  right  lines  by  unity  of  action  on  various  oc- 
casions, would  do  their  best  to  bring  these  interests  to- 
gether to  accomplish  something  really  worth  while,  where- 
as at  the  present  time  when  a  difficult  problem  presents 
itself,  they  lack  the  courage,  the  strength  and  the  vision 
to  accomplish  or  even  attempt  to  bring  about  results 
which  might  be  attained.  There  are  still  those  who,  if 
they  had  known  all  the  while  that  a  large  percentage 
of  their  employes  were  in  men's  bible  classes  or  clubs 
in  the  various  churches  and  were  doing  their  utmost,  as 
employes,  to  carry  their  Christian  principles  into  business, 
would  doubtless  have  been  a  trifle  more  careful  of  their 
own  conduct  and  their  own  personal  influence  as  the 
heads  of  the  institutions,  remembering  these  employes 


Fo 


r  e  wo r 


have  a  right  to  expect  a  reasonable  representation  of  the 
religion  these  so-called  Captains  of  Industry  and  finan- 
ciers profess.  Then  there  are  employes  who,  if  they  only 
knew  the  real  genuineness  of  the  lives  of  their  employers, 
would  have  an  increased  incentive  to  do  their  best  and  be 
something  more  than  mere  driftwood  in  business. 

Now  it  may  be  all  this  exposition  of  facts  and  names  is 
going  to  help  a  little;  it  may  be  some  of  the  Christian  em- 
ployers and  employes  can  carry  their  Christian  profes- 
sions into  business  with  less  fear  of  one  another  here- 
after and  thus  be  a  little  more  helpful  one  to  the  other. 
That  is  my  hope. 

It  should  be  added  that  should  anyone  misuse  this 
information  it  would  be  evident  that  that  person  has 
no  desire  to  build  up  strong  character  in  business  and 
to  add  his  own  influence  in  the  effort  to  make 
Chicago  the  Imperial  Christian  city  of  the  world. 
It  is  hoped  this  booklet  will  always  be  used  for  the  purpose 
for  which  it  was  originally  intended — namely — to  edu- 
cate, stimulate  and  inspire  greater  loyalty  and  devotion 
to  the  -first  and  greatest  of  all  causes — the  Kingdom  of  God 
and  the  salvation  of  all  mankind. 

Probably  the  most  curious  question  that  has  confronted 
me  throughout  this  work  is  that  of  the  place  the  ministers 
should  be  given.  My  heart  has  yearned  for  the  oppor- 
tunity to  say  a  word  of  appreciation  for  the  lives  of 
those  faithful  leaders  of  men  who  have  been  so  much  to 
this  Presbytery  and  who  have  helped  so  materially  in 

[12] 


Fo 


r  e  w  o  r 


making  the  city  what  it  is.  I  have  so  longed  for  the  chance 
to  tell  of  the  encouragement  and  assistance  given  me  when 
coming  to  the  city  as  a  boy,  by  my  esteemed  friend  and 
former  pastor  Dr.  Howard  Agnew  Johnston.  How  his 
influence  and  leadership  were  augmented  by  our  beloved 
Secretary  of  the  College  Board  at  New  York,  Dr.  E.  C. 
Ray,  who  was  then  in  Chicago  and  who  made  many  of  the 
accomplishments  of  the  Young  Men's  Presbyterian  Union 
possible.  How  I  would  like  to  tell  of  the  inspiration 
received  from  that  great  leader  of  men — Dr.  William  J. 
Chichester — who  while  pastor  of  the  Old  First  Church,  was 
never  too  busy  to  help  and  inspire  some  of  us  younger 
men.  And  then,  I  would  like  to  write  a  whole  book  on 
the  ministry  of  my  dear  pastor — Dr.  Cleland  B.  McAfee, 
now  of  Brooklyn,  under  whose  preaching  and  by  whose 
life  I  was  brought  to  see  my  Saviour  in  a  clearer  light  and 
understand  what  it  is  to  preach  Christ  and  lead  men 
to  Him. 

Twelve  years  of  life  in  Chicago  have  brought  me 
into  such  a  close  relationship  with  the  active  pastors  of 
the  city  that  it  would  be  quite  impossible  to  say  the  word 
that  is  upon  my  heart  for  each  one  whose  life  has  been  a 
help  and  inspiration  to  me.  Possibly  some  day  an  op- 
portunity will  offer  itself  so  that  I  can  do  it.  In  the  mean- 
time I  do  want  to  testify  to  the  unselfish  devotion  and 
self-sacrificing  service  of  the  pastors  of  some  of  the  smaller 
and  less  favorably  situated  churches  and  missions.  It 
is  easy  to  serve  the  Master  under  some  conditions  but  it 

[13] 


Fo 


r  e  w  o  r 


takes  real  genuine  faith  and  work  to  keep  things  moving 
in  the  right  direction  in  some  sections  of  our  city.  These 
pastors  need  more  encouragement  than  they  ordinarily 
receive  from  us  laymen,  yes — and  even  from  some  pastors. 
When  we  all  become  filled  with  unselfish  love  for  the 
Master  and  our  fellow-men  there  will  be  no  more  dis- 
couragements anywhere,  and  certainly  there  will  be  no 
need  then  for  considering  the  question  of  discontinuing 
our  work  in  some  parts  of  the  city  because  of  the  lack  of 
workers  and  funds. 

ANDREW  STEVENSON. 
Buena  Park,  Chicago, 

January  20,  1907. 


[14] 


Chicago:    A  Presbyterian  City 


I  HERE  is  much  food  for  thought  in  the 
articles  appearing  almost  daily  in  the 
newspapers,  concerning  men  occupying 
positions  of  prominence.  To  a  person 
who  is  inclined  to  be  pessimistic  there  is 
much  to  justify  his  belief  that  there  are 
some  things  in  the  business  world  that  are  all  wrong; 
on  the  other  hand,  to  a  person  who  is  at  all  optimistic 
there  are  facts  upon  facts  to  prompt  him  to  believe 
that  there  never  was  a  time  when  things  were  in 
quite  such  a  fair  way  towards  adjustment  along  proper 
lines.  Over  and  above  all  this,  to  the  Christian  who  is 
wide-awake  and  alive  to  the  situation  as  it  actually  exists, 
there  can  be  no  question  but  that  the  present  age  offers 
many  genuine  facts  upon  which  to  base  the  claim  that  the 
cause  of  righteousness  is  making  greater  strides  forward 
than  in  any  previous  period  in  history.  To  the  stalwart 
Presbyterian  Presbyterian,  the  "signs  of  the  times"  all 

laity  indicate   that    the    Presbyterian   laity    are 

awakening.  .  ,    .  .  . 

awakening    to     their    opportunities     and 

privileges  and  are  making  a  steady  advance  in  their 
efforts  to  do  their  full  share  and  more  to  rectify  things 
which  have  gone  wrong,  and  to  lead  the  forces  for  good 
with  greater  enthusiasm  and  zeal  than  ever.  Just  as  they 
are  taking  the  leading  part  in  most  sections  of  the  land, 
they  are  doing  so  in  Chicago,  but  it  is  almost  amazing  to 
witness  the  utter  lack  of  knowledge  on  the  part  of  the 

[15] 


Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 

Presbyterians  of  this  city,  concerning  the  great  men  of 
finance,  directors  of  corporations  and  leaders  of  religious 
and  philanthropic  work,  who  are,  as  a  matter  of  fact,  the 
bone  and  sinew  of  our  own  church  here  at  home.  Perhaps 

strength  tm's  *s  Partialty  due  to  the  absence  of  a  good 
apparently  healthy  Presbyterian  Social  Union  to  bring 
together  these  strong  men  of  ability  and 
influence;  possibly  it  may  be  attributed  to  modesty  on 
their  part,  but  it  appears  to  be  due  chiefly  to  the  failure  of 
those  few  who  do  understand  the  power  and  the  possi- 
bilities of  the  men  in  the  Presbyterian  ranks  to  disseminate 
this  information  throughout  the  church  at  large,  thus 
stimulating  a  desire  on  the  part  of  the  members  to  unite 
in  a  great  effort  to  bring  together  all  these  different  ele- 
ments and  to  mold  them,  so  far  as  it  is  possible,  into  one 
great  unit.  It  is  almost  inconceivable  what  would  be  ac- 
complished by  this  one  great  arm  of  the  Christian  Church 
were  every  member  of  it  to  seriously  consider  his  duty, 
then  declare  himself  and  march  forward  with  the  pur- 
pose to  do  his  very  best  in  the  service  of  the  Master.  We 
have  seen  evidences  of  the  possibilities  of  this  great 
army  in  our  splendid  Presbyterian  history.  We 
have  just  recently  had  demonstrations  of  what  can 
be  done  in  Chicago  and  other  large  cities  on  special 
occasions  by  bringing  the  men  together  in  the  interest 
of  evangelistic  work,  cleaner  Christian  citizenship, 
and  other  important  lines  of  effort,  but  never  have 
we  had  the  opportunity  to  really  measure  the  strength 

[i6J 


Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 

of  the  church  as  we  should  have,  and  as  we  will  have, 
God  willing. 

Chicago  appears  to  have  been  blessed  with  a  good  start. 
Even  back  in  the  time  of  Old  Fort  Dearborn,  Providence 
seems  to  have  looked  upon  this  part  of  the  land  as 

one  peculiarly  well  located  for  the  plant- 
gooefstart.  ing  and  developing  of  this  great  church 

of  ours. 

In  the  second  story  of  a  building  erected  at  the  corner 
of  South  Water  and  La  Salle  Streets  by  P.  F.  W.  Peck  in 
the  spring  of  1833  (reputed  to  have  been  the  third  frame 
building  in  the  place)  Chaplain  Jeremiah  Porter  of  Fort 

Dearborn  organized  the  First  Presbyterian 
First  church.  Church  on  June  26th,  of  that  year.  Nine 

citizens  and  twenty-five  members  of  the 
garrison  took  part  in  the  first  service.  Mr.  Porter  came 
here  with  the  troops  in  1833.  I*  is  a  matter  of  history 
that  the  first  edifice  of  our  denomination  was  erected  on 
the  west  side  of  Clark  Street,  north  of  the  alley,  between 
Lake  and  Randolph  Streets.  While  the  Presbyterian  church 
was  the  first  religious  society  in  Chicago,  the  Catholics 
completed  their  building  a  short  time  before. 

In  the  old  First  Church,  we  are  told,  many  other  de- 
nominations received  their  start,  so  that  First  Presby- 
terian Church  may  well  be  called  the  "mother  church"  of 
Chicago.  One  cannot  help  becoming  very  thoughtful 
when  he  stops  to  consider  how  large  a  factor  this  church 
has  been,  but  more  particularly  the  part  some  of  its  faith- 

[17] 


Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 

ful  members  have  had,  in  the  life  of  Chicago.  The 
strength  of  the  denomination  lies  in  its  strong,  courageous 
and  aggressive  body  of  business  men,  backed  up,  and  in 
many  instances  led,  by  one  of  the  finest  bodies  of  women 
a  denomination,  or  a  city  for  that  matter,  ever 
possessed.  It  is  fitting  here  to  refer  to  the 
helper"."  remarkable  zeal  and  splendid  accomplish- 
ments of  these  faithful  women  who  have, 
year  by  year,  done  more  in  the  interest  of  both  home  and 
foreign  missions  in  and  around  this  section  than  it  will 
ever  be  possible  to  tabulate  here  below.  It  is  not  making 
too  broad  an  assertion  to  state  that  the  success  of  the 
Presbyterian  business  men  of  this  city  is  largely  due  to 
their  home  influences. 

What  is  true  in  most  large  cities,  is  true  in  Chicago,  al- 
though perhaps  to  a  greater  degree.  Practically  every  un- 
denominational movement  for  philanthropic 
Presbyterians,  work,  in  fact  any  cause  which  has  for  its 
purpose  the  up-lifting  of  mankind,  or  the 
cleansing  of  a  community,  is  largely  dependent  upon  the 
generosity  of  the  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  But, 
better  yet,  these  same  movements  are  even  more  dependent 
upon  Presbyterians  for  their  volunteer  workers  and  for  their 
faithful  supporters.  A  man  who  has  for  years  been  one 
of  possibly  a  dozen  to  head  every  subscription  list  for  such 
projects  and  undertakings,  told  me  that  out  of  the  seventy- 
five  names  which  could  always  be  found  upon  such  lists, 
three-fourths  of  them  were  those  of  men  in  the  Presby- 

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Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 

terian  church.  He  furthermore  stated  that  were  it  not 
for  the  Presbyterians  many  of  the  great  philanthropies  and 
charities  of  the  city,  such  as  the  libraries,  museums,  and 
hospitals,  would  not  and  could  not  exist.  Whether  this 
statement  is  exactly  correct  or  not  I  am  unable  to  say  but  I 
do  know  that  it  is  true  in  a  great  many  instances.  Later  on 
in  this  article  an  opportunity  is  given  to  judge  of  the  part 
many  of  our  Presbyterians  are  taking  in  these  various 
enterprises  which  number  over  one  hundred.  It  will 
be  observed  that  in  some  cases  the  boards  of  directors  or 
trustees  are  almost  wholly  composed  of  Presbyterians. 

It  is  not  necessarily  a  sign  of  narrowness  or  of  selfish 
pride  when  we  speak  of  the  part  our  church  takes  in  such 
movements,  nor  do  I  believe  that  those  of  other  denomina- 
tions, who  are  carrying  on  such  splendid  religious  and 
educational  work,  feel  the  Presbyterians  unduly  proud  or 
egotistical  in  occasionally  recalling  these  facts.  On  the 
other  hand,  when  a  certain  educational  institution  of  an- 
other denomination  recently  received  from  a  Presbyterian 
a  very  munificent  sum  toward  its  endowment  fund,  a 
man  of  that  denomination  remarked  that  even  they,  them- 
selves, felt  that  the  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church 
generally  displayed  unusual  virility  and  generosity  in 
helping  the  brothers  and  sisters  of  other  branches  of  the 
Christian  church  who  were,  perhaps,  here  and  there,  not 
quite  so  fortunately  situated. 

One  has  but  to  casually  look  over  the  records  of  the 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association  in  Chicago',  or 

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Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 


throughout  the  state  for  that  matter,  to  see  that  without 
a  remarkable  change  in  the  attitude  of  the  "Giver  of  all 
Young  Men's  S°°d  gifts"  the  Association  work  could  not 

Christian  exist  on  its  present  high  standard  without 
Association.  ,,  .  .  ,  ,,  „  ,  ,  , 

the  assistance  of  the  Presbyterian   church. 

The  reports  from  different  cities  differ  somewhat, 
although  it  is  a  very  conservative  estimate  to  say 
that  fifty  per  cent  of  the  income  is  derived  from 
the  one  denomination.  Departing  for  a  moment  from 
the  financial  standard,  it  has  been  a  serious  prob- 
lem at  times  when,  by  reason  of  certain  constitu- 
tional clauses  where  not  more  than  half  of  the 
membership  of  any  committee  can  come  from  any  one 
strong  m  denomination,  it  became  necessary  to  find 
committee  a  man  properly  qualified  (who  was  not  a 
Presbyterian)  to  take  the  place  of  a  commit- 
teeman  who  had  just  recently  moved  away  or  died.  Fur- 
thermore, as  an  indication  of  the  training  of  the  Presby- 
terians, it  has  been  an  amusing  observation  on  the  part 
of  the  "faithful"  to  see,  time  and  again,  when  committee 
meetings  of  the  different  sections  of  work  are  called,  five 
out  of  six,  six  out  of  seven,  or  eight  out  of  ten  present,  Pres- 
byterians, the  others  being  absent  for  some  reason  or 
other. 

Another  thing  worth  mentioning  is  the  responsibility  our 
Presbyterian  men  seem  to  feel  in  the  undertakings  of  an 
undenominational  sort  with  which  they  find  themselves 
connected.  It  seems  to  fall  to  the  lot  of  some 

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Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 

Presbyterian  with  a  startling  regularity  to  have  to 
act  as  chairmen  of  committees  on  finance  or  to  lead 
some  special  activity,  when  men  accustomed 
to  undertaking  some  unusual  or  large  task 
are  required.  This  can  be  stated  as  a  fact, 
not  only  in  religious  work  or  philanthropic  work,  but  in 
the  business  world  itself,  where,  surprising  as  it  may 
seem,  a  Presbyterian  seems  to  have  a  peculiar  faculty  of 
leadership  and  executive  ability. 

Notwithstanding  the  surprise  expressed  by  the  editor 
of  a  certain  paper  recently  when  reading  an  announcement 
of  a  two  weeks  campaign  of  meetings  of  an  undenomina- 
tional sort,  he  found  that  eleven  out  of 
speakers.  twelve  speakers  were  Presbyterians,  it  never- 
theless is  true  that  the  men  of  this  church 
seem  to  possess,  other  things  being  equal,  the  ability  to 
face  their  business  associates  fearlessly  and  consistently 
in  a  way  that  is  most  gratifying,  although  it  should  be 
stated  very  emphatically  that  some  of  the  greatest  leaders 
and  most  God-fearing  men  in  this  city  to-day  belong  to 
the  other  denominations.  For  obvious  reasons  it  would 
From  not  be  well  to  go  into  detail  here  as  to  the 

generalities  to    practices  and  influence  of  the  Presbyterian 
Individuals.        f      .  ,  .       .         T  , 

business  men  of  this  city.  It  may,  however, 
help  to  substantiate  the  generalities  of  the  pre- 
ceding paragraphs  by  giving  some  concrete  examples 
of  men  who  are,  first  of  all,  Christians;  second, 
Presbyterians  and  third,  the  most  successful  men,  in 

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Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 

the  eyes  of  the  world,  that  this  city,  and  in  fact  this 
land,  possesses. 

All  the  while  it  should  be  borne  in  mind  that  in  this 
city  of  over  2,000,000  people  there  are  but  slightly  over 
18,500  Presbyterians. 

It  is  difficult  to  decide  who  should  have  first  place  in 
this  list  of  Presbyterians  who  are  prominent  in  the  affairs 
of  the  city  at  the  present  time.  But  when  the  previous 
Cyrus  H  generation  is  considered  the  choice  logically 

Mccormick,  falls  upon  Mr.  Cyrus  H.  McCormick,  the 
president  of  the  International  Harvester 
Co.,  and  a  director  and  trustee  in  many  religious  and 
philanthropic  organizations.  Few  there  are  who  do  not 
know  of  his  father,  the  late  Mr.  Cyrus  H.  McCormick, 
founder  of  the  McCormick  Theological  Seminary  and 
the  inventor  of  the  famous  harvesting  machine  bearing 
his  name.  Mr.  McCormick's  membership  is  in  the  Fourth 
church  although  his  time  is  almost  equally  divided  be- 
tween this  church  and  the  one  at  Lake  Forest. 
His  untiring  devotion  to  the  interests  of  the  semi- 
nary and  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  is 
well  known  to  most  Chicagoans.  It  is  said  that  when 
the  new  Central  Department  of  the  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association  was  built,  Mr.  McCormick  made 
a  personal  canvass  of  the  city  raising  over  $250,000 
of  the  building  fund  himself.  It  is  indeed  fitting 
that  Mr.  McCormick  should  have  been  chosen  a 
member  of  the  Council  of  Twenty-one  in  whose  hands 

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Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 

the   management  of  the  new  Presbyterian  Brotherhood 
has  been  placed. 

Naturally  the  second  to  be  mentioned  is  Mr.  John  V. 
Farwell,  Sr.,  one  of  the  city's  first  and  foremost  merchants, 
the  head  of  the  concern  bearing  his  name  in  which  the  late 
Marshall  Field  received  his  start.  Mr.  Farwell  is  an 
elder  in  the  Lake  Forest  Presbyterian  church  ;  he  was  the 
chief  instrument  in  establishing  the  Young  Men's  Chris- 
john  v  ^an  Association  in  old  Farwell  Hall,  and, 


Farweii,  subsequently,    gave    the   present    property 

on  La  Salle  Street,  on  which  stands 
the  greatest  single  Young  Men's  Christian  Association 
of  the  world.  This  lot  was  the  former  site  of  Mr.  Far- 
well's  residence,  in  which  the  present  president  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Associa- 
tion of  Chicago,  Mr.  John  V.  Farwell,  Jr.  (now  a  member 
of  the  Lake  Forest  Presbyterian  church),  was  born. 
Mr.  Farwell,  Sr.,  is  interested  in  many  enterprises 
calculated  to  uplift  men,  chief  among  which  are  Chicago 
Tract  Society,  Citizens'  League  and  The  Gideons.  Mr. 
Farwell,  Jr.,  is  also  president  of  the  Employers'  Association 
of  Chicago,  vice-president  of  the  Commercial  Club  and 
a  trustee  in  Lake  Forest  University. 
Marvin  No  man  in  the  railroad  world,  in  the 

rauf  oafd*  opinion  of  young  men,  stands  out  as  more 

president.  of  a  nero  than  Mr.  Marvin  Hughitt,  presi- 
dent of  the  Chicago  and  Northwestern  Railway  and 
for  many  years  an  elder  in  the  First  Presbyterian 

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Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 

church,  a  trustee  of  the  John  Crerar  Library,  the  Chicago 
Home  for  the  Incurables,  and  the  Chicago  Home  for  the 
Friendless  and  a  director  in  many  different  enterprises. 

No  less  a  factor  in  all  movements  for  the  up-building  of 
men,  is  Mr.  Henry  P.  Crowell,  the  president  of  the  Amer- 
ican Cereal  Company,  a  member  of  the  Fourth  Presby- 
terian church,  who  has  for  some  time  been  President  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Moody  Bible  Institute. 
Henry  p  That,  under  Mr.  CrowelFs  direction,  this 

croweii,  institution  has   come    out   into  a  place  of 

manufacturer.         ,,  .         ,        ••*       «      «  « 

usefulness   in    the    life  of    the    city    and 

the  land,  we  must  and  do  gladly  recognize.  No 
institution  planned  by  man  is  perfect  but  it  would  do 
most  of  us  good  to  get  into  the  atmosphere  of 
the  Chicago  Avenue  church  and  the  Institute  where 
they  are  really  planning  and  working  to  bring  men  to 
Christ. 

With  him  should  be  mentioned  Mr.  Henry  S.  Osborne, 
a  fellow  trustee  of  Moody  Institute,  a  trustee  of  Beloit 
Henrys  College,  a  lawyer  of  eminence  and  well 

Osborne,  known  for  his  active  part  in  various  business 

leader  of  men.  .  ,.    ,  A1  ,         ,  ,, 

enterprises  of  the  city.  Although  an  elder 
in  and  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Buena  Memorial  church, 
Mr.  Osborne's  chief  distinction  comes  from  the  almost 
unparalleled  work  for  young  men  which  he  built  up  in 
the  Forty-first  Street  church  and  the  outgrowth  of  which 
was  the  Young  Men's  Presbyterian  Union  of  Chicago. 
Perhaps  no  layman  in  Chicago  has  been  used  to  a  greater 

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Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 

extent  in  leading  young  men  to  the  Master  than  has  Mr. 
Osborne  who  is  now  leader  of  the  young  men's  class  in 
the  Buena  Memorial  church. 

The  next  name  on  the  list — the  name  of  the  man  who,  in 
the  opinion  of  the  great  throng  present  at  the  First  Presby- 
terian Brotherhood  convention  held  in  Indianapolis,  is 
one  of  the  ablest  presiding  officers  and  leaders  the  church 
possesses — is  that  of  Mr.  Charles  S.  Holt.  As  he 
Charles  s.  proved  a  leader  at  Indianapolis  so  has  he 
andmaiTot*  always  stood  in  Chicago.  Few  men  have 
affairs.  been  more  to  their  own  local  church,  their 

presbytery  and  their  city  than  has  Mr.  Holt.  Aside 
from  being  the  senior  member  of  the  law  firm  of  Holt, 
Wheeler  &  Sidley  he  is  a  director  in  many  different  enter- 
prises, an  elder  and  leader  of  the  Young  Men's  Bible 
Class  in  the  Second  church,  a  director  of  McCormick 
Seminary,  and  treasurer  of  the  Presbyterian  league.  Mr. 
Holt,  with  Mr.  Cyrus  H.  McCormick,  is  a  member  of  the 
Council  of  Twenty-one  of  the  new  Presbyterian  Brother- 
hood of  which  he  is  vice-president. 

It  may  be  that  the  opportunity  will  offer  itself  at  some 
future  time  to  speak  more  definitely  of  the  power  and 
influence  of  these  men  in  Chicago's  life,  but  here  we  must 
simply  let  what  has  gone  before,  coupled  with  what  the 
term  "true,  sincere,  earnest,  Christian  business  men" 
means,  classify  these  and  the  others  we  are  mentioning  as 
being  men  upon  whom  in  reality  the  present  and  the  fu- 
ture of  this  city  largely  depends.  It  must  be  remembered, 

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Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 

however,  that  some  of  those  included  are  not  members  of 
Chicago  churches,  although  they  are  supporters  thereof. 

Presbyterians  seem  to  be  especially  good  bankers  and 
bankers  prove  to  be  entirely  acceptable  to  the  Presbyterian 
church. 

Of  the  long  list  of  bank  presidents  there  are  three  who 
stand  out  prominently  because  of  their  unusual  interest 
in  religious  and  philanthropic  movements.  First,  Mr. 
Ernest  A.  Hamill,  president  of  the  Corn  Exchange 
National  Bank,  trustee  in  the  First  Presbyterian  church, 
ex-president  the  Presbyterian  Hospital,  treas- 
Bankers.  urer  The  Art  Institute  of  Chicago,  treasurer 

Commercial  Club  of  Chicago,  treasurer 
Chicago  Relief  and  Aid  Society  and  director  of  many 
other  institutions.  Second,  Mr.  James  H.  Eckels,  presi- 
dent The  Commercial  National  Bank,  ex-comptroller  of 
the  currency,  former  president  of  the  Young  Men's  Chris- 
tian Association  of  Chicago,  a  member  of  the  Fourth  Pres- 
byterian church.  (Formerly  superintendent  of  the  Sunday 
school  in  the  church  at  Ottawa,  111.)  Among  the  many 
outside  interests  of  Mr.  Eckels  may  be  counted  the  re- 
ceivership of  the  Union  Traction  Co.,  the  treasurership  of 
the  Religious  Educational  Association,  the  Chicago  Tuber- 
culosis Institute  and  the  Woman's  Temple  and  the  presi- 
dency of  the  Home  for  Destitute  and  Crippled  Children. 
Third,  Mr.  Byron  L.  Smith,  president  The  Northern 
Trust  Co.,  for  many  years  identified  with  both  the  First 
and  the  Lake  Forest  churches.  Mr.  Smith  is  president 

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Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 

of  the  Chicago  Clearing  House,  treasurer  The  Field  Mu- 
seum of  Natural  History,  treasurer  The  Chicago  Home 
for  Incurables,  honorary  life  member  of  the  Chicago  His- 
torical Society,  trustee  of  the  Chicago  Orphan  Asylum 
and  many  other  philanthropies. 

Mr.  James  B.  Forgan  of  the  Fourth  Presbyterian 
church,  president  of  The  First  National  Bank  and  the 
First  Trust  &  Savings  Bank,  is  treasurer  of  the  Lincoln 
Park  Commissioners,  a  member  of  the  Advisory  Com- 
mittee of  the  Chicago  Home  for  the  Friendless,  and  is 
connected  with  many  other  of  the  city's  charities.  Mr. 
David  R.  Forgan,  his  brother,  for  some  years  the  vice- 
president  of  both  the  First  National  and  the  First  Trust  & 
Savings  Banks,  now  president  of  the  new  National  City 
Bank,  a  trustee  in  the  First  church  of  Evanston,  has  made 
an  indelible  impression  upon  the  lives  of  many  young 
men  in  the  city  by  his  practical  and  helpful  talks  on  re- 
ligious topics.  Mr.  Forgan  is  president  of  the  Chicago 
Commercial  Association,  vice-president  of  the  Deep 
Waterways  Association  and  treasurer  of  the  Citizens 
Street  Cleaning  Bureau. 

Mr.  George  M.  Reynolds,  the  president  of  the  Conti- 
nental National  Bank  comes  from  one  of  the  oldest  Pres- 
byterian families  in  the  state  of  Iowa,  formerly  being 
treasurer  of  the  Central  church  at  Des  Moines,  and  Mr. 
W.  H.  Reid,  the  vice-president  of  the  Illinois  Trust  and 
Savings  Bank,  is  a  member  of  the  Second  Presbyterian 
church  of  Chicago.  Mr.  T.  P.  Phillips,  president  of  the 

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Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 

former  Federal  Trust  and  Savings  Bank,  and  now  vice- 
president  of  the  American  Trust  and  Savings  Bank,  is  also 
from  Second  church.  Mr.  Solomon  A.  Smith,  the  second 
vice-president  of  the  Northern  Trust  Company,  treasurer 
of  the  Children's  Hospital  Society,  is  in  the  Lake  Forest 
church.  Mr.  W.  H.  Brintnell,  the  president  of  the  Drov- 
ers' Deposit  National  Bank,  was  for  years  an  elder  in  the 
Third  Presbyterian  church.  Mr.  Charles  B.  Pike,  the  presi- 
dent of  the  Hamilton  National  Bank  comes  from  one  of 
the  oldest  families  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  church  and 
is  a  member  there  himself.  Mr.  John  C.  Craft,  vice-presi- 
dent, Bankers  National  Bank,  is  a  trustee  in  the  Hyde 
Park  Presbyterian  church.  Mr.  J.  Elliott  Jennings, 
president  Jennings  Real  Estate  Loan  and  Trust  Co.,  is  a 
member  of  the  First  church  of  Evanston,  as  is  also  Mr. 
David  R.  Lewis,  vice-president  of  the  Hibernian  Banking 
Association.  Mr.  Nathaniel  R.  Losch,  cashier  of  the 
Commercial  National  Bank  is  in  the  Fourth  church  while 
Mr.  Robert  M.  McKinney  cashier  of  the  National  Bank  of 
the  Republic  is  another  Presbyterian.  Mr.  John  G. 
Orchard,  cashier  of  the  Merchants  Loan  and  Trust  Co., 
is  a  member  of  the  First  church  of  Evanston.  Mr.  Ralph 
C.  Otis,  vice-president  of  the  Chicago  Savings  Bank 
and  Trust  Co.,  is  a  member  of  the  First  Church,  while 
Mr.  Leverett  Thompson,  secretary  of  the  same  bank  is  a 
member  of  the  Second  church.  Mr.  F.  H.  Gansbergen, 
secretary  of  the  Mutual  Bank,  is  a  trustee  in  Fullerton  Ave- 
nue church.  Mr.  Charles  B.  Rice,  vice-president  of  the 

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Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 

Highland  Park  State  Bank  is  in  the  Highland  Park  church. 
Another  Presbyterian  prominent  at  the  Union  Stock  Yards 
is  Mr.  Robert  B.  Thomson,  president  of  the  Calumet  Trust 
and  Savings  Bank.  Mr.  Louis  Boisot,  Trust  officer  of  the 
First  Trust  and  Savings  Bank  is  an  elder  and  trustee  in  the 
La  Grange  church.  Mr.  Arnold  J.  Lethen  of  the  Illinois 
Trust  and  Savings  Bank  is  an  elder  in  the  Campbell  Park 
church.  Mr.  Benjamin  M.  Hair  in  addition  to  his  other 
interests  is  president  of  the  Cook  County  State  Savings 
Bank,  and  is  in  the  Second  church  of  Evanston.  Mr. 
Lucius  Teter,  cashier  of  the  Chicago  Savings  Bank  is  in 
the  Hyde  Park  church.  Mr.  Alexander  Robertson,  vice- 
president  of  the  Continental  National  Bank  is  another 
Presbyterian  banker.  Mr.  Robert  M.  Wells,  the  newly 
elected  vice-president  of  the  Bankers  National  Bank, 
has  been  in  First  church  for  years.  Mr.  Alfred  L. 
Baker,  vice-president  of  the  National  City  Bank,  is  in 
the  Lake  Forest  church,  while  Mr.  Frank  R.  Elliott, 
cashier  of  the  Harris  Trust  and  Savings  Bank,  the  other 
new  bank,  is  in  Fourth  church. 

On  a  recent  count  it  was  found  that  all  but  three  of  the 
forty-eight  state  and  national  banks  in  Chicago  have 
Christian  directors,  while  all  but  seven  of 
directors0  them  have  Presbyterian  directors.  The 
first  fourteen  in  size  had  Presbyterian  offi- 
cers while  the  foregoing  paragraphs  show  exactly  how 
many  of  these  have  Presbyterian  presidents. 

Leaving  the  bankers,  we  will  pass  on  to  the  Railroads. 


Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 

Mr.  Marvin  Hughitt,  president  of  the  Chicago  &  North- 
Western  Ry.  has  been  mentioned  previously,  so  in  this 
list  the  first  will  be  Mr.  B.  L.  Winchell,  president  of  the 

Chicago,  Rock  Island  and  Pacific  Railway, 
official*.  f°r  years  active  in  the  Presbyterian  church. 

Mr.  H.  D.  Judson,  general  superintendent 
of  the  Chicago,  Burlington  and  Quincy  Railway,  is  a 
Presbyterian  of  long  standing.  Mr.  H.  R.  McCullough, 
vice-president  of  the  Chicago  &  North-Western  Ry., 
is  in  the  Lake  Forest  church.  Mr.  A.  C.  Bird,  vice- 
president  of  the  Gould  System  of  Railways,  has  for  many 
years  been  an  active  member  of  the  First  Presbyterian 
church  of  Evanston.  In  this  same  church  may  be  found 
a  number  of  other  railroad  men,  for  instance,  Mr.  John 
Sebastian,  passenger  traffic  manager  of  the  Rock  Island 
and  Frisco  Systems,  and  Mr.  M.  Cochrane  Armour  who 
in  addition  to  being  president  of  the  Iroquois  Iron  Co., 
and  the  resident  partner  of  the  pig  iron  firm  of  Rogers, 
Brown  &  Co.,  is  president  of  the  Chicago  Short  Line 
R.  R.  Mr.  John  A.  Spoor,  president  of  the  Chicago 
Junction  Railway,  and  the  Union  Stock  Yards  and  Transit 
Co.,  Mr.  Lloyd  W.  Bowers,  general  counsel  of  the  Chi- 
cago and  North-Western  Railway,  Mr.  Sidney  F.  An- 
drews, general  attorney  of  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad 
and  Mr.  J.  M.  Dickinson,  general  counsel  for  the  Illinois 
Central  Railroad  are  all  in  the  Fourth  church.  Mr.  A. 
F.  Banks,  president  of  the  Elgin,  Joliet  &  Eastern  R.  R. 
is  in  the  First  church  of  Evanston.  Mr.  R.  B.  Campbell, 

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Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 

general  manager  of  the  road  is  in  the  Joliet  Central  church, 
while  Mr.  F.  W.  Sutton,  the  auditor  is  in  the  Forty-first 
Street  church.  Mr.  Ashbel  B.  Newell,  vice-president  and 
general  manager  of  the  White  Pass  and  Yukon  Rail- 
road is  in  the  Fourth  church  and  Mr.  George  W.  Ristine, 
the  former  president  of  the  Colorado  Midland  Railroad 
and  the  now  well  known  railroad  expert  is  in  the  Second 
church.  In  the  traffic  department  there  are  many  Presby- 
terians, one  of  the  most  prominent  being  Samuel  P. 
Shane,  freight  traffic  manager  of  the  Erie  R.  R.  Mr.  J. 
F.  Titus,  the  new  fourth  vice-president  of  the  Illinois 
Central  R.  R.  is  a  member  of  Second  church  and  treasurer 
of  the  Presbyterian  Hospital.  Mr.  William  L.  Tarbet, 
tax  commissioner  of  the  same  railroad  is  an  elder  in  Wood- 
lawn  Park  church. 

Were  we  to  include  in  this  list  of  railroad  men  the  Chi- 
cago directors  of  the  various  western  railroads  we  would 
have  to  mention  some  fifteen  or  twenty  names  which  appear 
elsewhere  as  bank  presidents  and  corporation  directors. 

In  addition  to  Messrs  Osborne  and  Holt,  whose  bible 
classes  have  been  referred  to  above,  many  notable  ex- 
prominent  amples  of  prominent  business  and  profes- 

Bibie-ciass        sional   men   leading   bible   classes   can   be 
teachers.  ..         .     .        .        _       .          .  ,        , 

found   in   the   Presbyterian   church.    Few 

men  are  more  respected  and  have  greater  influence  upon 
the  lives  of  men  under  their  leadership  than  Mr.  Arthur 
D.  Wheeler,  president  of  the  Chicago  Telephone  Com- 
pany, a  trustee  in  the  Fourth  church,  leader  of  the  Young 


Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 

Men's  Bible  Class  of  that  church  and  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  Holt,  Wheeler  &  Sidley.  Mr.  William  A.  Peter- 
son owner  of  the  Peterson  Nurseries,  one  of  the  largest 
and  best  known  in  the  world,  a  director  of  the  State  Bank 
of  Chicago,  a  man  whose  interests  are  unusually  extensive, 
is  an  elder  in  and  teacher  of  the  Young  Men's  Bible  Class 
of  the  Edgewater  Presbyterian  church.  Mr.  Thomas  A. 
Hall,  president  of  Thos.  A.  Hall  &  Co.,  and  president  of 
the  Office  Building  Manager's  Association  of  Chicago,  is 
teacher  of  the  Young  Men's  Bible  Class  of  the  Woodlawn 
Park  Presbyterian  church.  Prof.  John  M.  Coulter,  head 
master  of  the  School  of  Botany  of  the  University  of  Chicago 
ex-president  of  the  Lake  Forest  University,  is  an  elder  in 
and  teacher  of  the  Young  Men's  Bible  Class  of  the  Hyde 
Park  Presbyterian  church.  Prof.  Walter  D.  Scott,  profes- 
sor of  pedagogy  of  the  Northwestern  University,  is  an  elder 
in  and  teacher  of  the  Young  Men's  Bible  Class  of  the 
First  Presbyterian  church  of  Evanston.  Mr.  James  W. 
Janney,  manager  of  the  Provident  Life  and  Trust  Com- 
pany, is  an  elder  in  and  teacher  of  the  Young  Men's  Bible 
Class  of  the  First  Presbyterian  church.  Mr.  Nolan  R. 
Best,  editor  of  the  Interior,  is  an  elder  in  and  teacher  of 
the  Young  Men's  Bible  class  of  the  La  Grange  Presby- 
terian church.  Honorable  Charles  G.  Neely,  ex-judge 
of  the  circuit  court,  is  a  teacher  of  the  adult  Bible  Class 
in  the  First  Presbyterian  church  of  Evanston.  Judge 
Judson  F.  Going  is  teacher  of  the  Young  Women's  Bible 
Class  of  the  Fullerton  Avenue  Presbyterian  church.  Mr. 

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Charles  A.  Heath  of  the  firm  of  Albert  Dickinson  &  Co., 
leads  the  Young  Men's  Class  of  Forty-First  Street  church, 
while  Mr.  William  Francis,  president  of  the  Francis  & 
Nygren  Foundry  Co.,  shares  the  leadership  of  one  of  the 
bible  classes  in  the  First  church  of  Evanston.  Mr.  John 
S.  Ford,  president  of  the  furniture  manufacturing  con- 
cern of  Ford  &  Johnson  Co.,  is  teacher  of  the  Young 
Women's  Class  in  the  Sixth  Presbyterian  church.  Mr. 
Nelson  Willard,  assistant  to  the  president  of  the  A.  T.  & 
S.  F.  Ry.,  is  leader  of  the  Young  Men's  Class  in  the  River- 
side Presbyterian  church.  Mr.  Frederick  P.  Vose,  a  prom- 
inent corporation  lawyer,  leads  the  Vose  Bible  Class  in 
the  Second  church  of  Evanston. 

In  addition  to  those  referred  to  above  who  are  identified 
with  the  bar  or  whose  lives  are  counting  in  the  adminis- 
tration of  the  city  government  there  are  many  who  should 
Lawyers,  De  mentioned  although  the  space  for  them 

Judges,  alder- 
men and  is  limited :    Justice  Henry  V.  Freeman,   of 

government         .         .  _  .  ,  , 

officials.  the    Appellate    Court,     is    an     elder     in 

the  Hyde  Park  church.  Mr.  Charles  Ailing,  Jr.,  presi- 
dent of  the  Chicago  Business  Law  School,  a 
deacon  and  for  many  years  superintendent  of  the 
Sunday  school  of  the  First  church,  did  much  to 
bring  about  the  present  very  gratifying  condition 
of  the  city  council  while  he  was  alderman  of  the 
Second  Ward.  With  him  should  be  mentioned  Mr. 
Wm.  S.  Jackson,  president  of  the  board  of  trustees 
of  Sixth  church,  who  although  being  president  of 

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Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 

the  Board  of  Trade  and  the  head  of  the  grain  firm  of 
Jackson  Bros.  &  Co.,  found  time  to  wield  a  mighty  in- 
fluence for  good  while  representing  the  Sixth  Ward  in  the 
council.  Mr.  Walter  C.  Nelson,  an  elder  in  Hyde  Park 
church,  served  the  Seventh  Ward  as  alderman,  at  the  same 
time.  Few  members  of  the  council  have  stood  out  more 
conspicuously  of  late  years  than  alderman  Winfield  P. 
Dunn  of  the  Twenty-fifth  Ward.  Under  his  leadership 
the  committee  on  license,  assisted  by  the  city  press  and 
the  great  host  of  Christian  people,  carried  through  safely 
the  ordinance  increasing  the  saloon  license  from  $500  to 
$1000.  Mr.  Dunn  is  an  elder  in  the  Fullerton  Avenue 
church  and  is  head  of  the  W.  P.  Dunn,  Printing  &  Pub- 
lishing Co.  Alderman  Frank  I.  Bennett  of  the  Seventh 
Ward,  a  member  of  the  Hyde  Park  church  who  is  chairman 
of  the  committee  on  finance,  is  the  man  who  provided  for 
the  increasing  of  the  police  by  some  eleven  hundred  men. 
Alderman  Linn  H.  Young,  of  the  Sixth  Ward,  secretary 
and  treasurer  of  the  Gregg  School  is  another  of  the  long 
list  of  Presbyterians  taking  a  prominent  part  in  the  city 
council. 

Mr.  John  R.  Thompson,  the  man  whose  restaurants 
are  more  familiar  to  Chicagoans  than  any  others,  recently 
elected  county  treasurer,  is  a  trustee  in  the  Forty-first 
Street  church.  Judge  McKenzie  Cleland,  of  the  new 
Municipal  Courts,  a  prominent  lawyer  for  years,  al- 
though an  elder  and  superintendent  of  the  Sunday  School 
of  the  Second  United  church,  is  treasurer  of  the  Young 

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Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 

Men's  Presbyterian  Union.  Judge  Cleland  has  long 
been  the  recognized  head  of  the  Adult  Bible  Class  move- 
ment of  Cook  county.  Mr.  William  C.  Lawson,  clerk  of 
the  Criminal  Court,  president  of  the  Marlboro  Portland 
Cement  Co.,  is  in  the  Hyde  Park  church.  Mr.  Francis 
T.  Simmons,  president  of  the  Lincoln  Park  Board  of  Com- 
missioners, secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  wholesale  glove 
firm  bearing  his  name,  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
church.  Mr.  F.  H.  Gansbergen,  another  member  of  the 
Lincoln  Park  Board  is  a  trustee  in  the  Fullerton  Avenue 
church,  while  still  a  third  of  the  Park  Commissioners,  Mr. 
Amos  Pettibone,  vice-president  of  P.  F.  Pettibone  &  Co., 
Stationers,  is  a  trustee  in  the  church  of  the  Covenant. 
Mr.  James  B.  Forgan,  previously  referred  to,  is  treasurer 
of  the  Board. 

Few  men  have  had  a  larger  part  in  the  making  of  genuine 
progress  and  real  manhood  in  our  city  than  the  Honorable 
Luther  Laflin  Mills,  lawyer,  orator  and  civic  reformer. 
Mr.  Mills,  in  addition  to  being  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
trustees  of  Lake  View  church,  is  president  of  the  Chicago 
Boy's  Club  and  the  Chicago  Tract  Society  and  as  indi- 
cated elsewhere  is  interested  in  many  of  the  city's  chari- 
table movements.  His  son,  Mr.  Matthew  Mills  has  long 
since  made  a  prominent  place  for  himself  in  the  hearts  of 
the  people.  As  president  of  the  Young  Men's  Republican 
Club  he  proved  himself  of  such  value  that  the  north  shore 
district  has  elected  him  as  their  representative  in  legisla- 
ture this  fall.  Mr.  Matthew  Mills  is  teacher  of  the  Young 

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Men's  Bible  Class  in  the  Lake  View  church.  Mr.  Nathan 
G.  Moore,  an  elder  in  the  First  church  of  Oak  Park,  vice- 
president  of  the  former  Federal  Trust  and  Savings  Bank, 
is  one  of  the  three  Presbyterians  making  up  the  corpora- 
tion law  firm  of  Wilson,  Moore  &  Mcllvaine.  Mr.  Eph- 
raim  Banning,  a  member  of  one  of  the  best  known  patent 
law  firms  in  the  city,  Banning  &  Banning,  is  an  elder  in  the 
Eighth  church,  and  one  of  the  most  active  men  in  the 
Presbytery.  Another  representative  in  the  state  legisla- 
ture is  Mr.  W.  H.  McSurely,  a  member  and  deacon  in  the 
Hyde  Park  church.  Ex-judge  Thomas  Dent,  of  the  firm 
of  Dent  &  Whitman,  vice-president  of  the  Chicago  His- 
torical Society  is  an  elder  in  Second  church.  Mr.  Conrad 
H.  Poppenhusen,  of  the  First  church  of  Evanston  and 
treasurer  of  Association  House  is  secretary  and  chief  ex- 
aminer of  the  Civil  Service  Commission.  General  John 

C.  Black,  commander-in-chief  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic  and  president  of  the  United  States  Civil  Service 
Commission  is  in  the  Fourth  church.    In  the  same  church 
will  also  be  found  Mr.  Frederic  W.  Crosby,  a  prominent 
lawyer,  a  director  in  many  different  institutions  and  a 
trustee  of  Lake  Forest  College.    Fourth  church  is  con- 
spicuous for  the  counsel  it  furnishes  the  large  corporations 
of  the  city  and  country  as  the  foregoing  would  indicate. 
But  there  are  many  others  who  must  be  mentioned  to 
make  the  list  anywhere  near  complete.     Judge  Benjamin 

D.  Magruder,  associate  justice  of  the  supreme  court  of 
Illinois;  Mr.  W.  W.  Gurley,  general  counsel  for  the  Union 

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Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 

Traction  Co.,  and  many  other  corporations;  Mr.  Cyrus  H. 
Bentley,  general  counsel  of  the  International  Harvester 
.  Co.,  are  all  identified  with  this  church.  So  is  Mr.  John 
Maynard  Harlan,  of  the  firm  of  Harlan  &  Harlan — son 
of  Justice  John  Marshall  Harlan  of  the  United  States 
Supreme  Court.  Mr.  William  Penn  Nixon  collector  of 
the  Port  of  Chicago  and  a  journalist  of  prominence  is  a 
pew  holder  also.  Mr.  Rudolph  Matz,  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  Matz,  Fisher  &  Boyden,  a  director  of  the  United 
States  Shoe  Machinery  Company  and  the  Chicago  Sav- 
ings Bank,  is  in  Second  church.  Mr.  Melvin  Elmore 
Patterson,  chief  deputy,  U.  S.  marshal,  Northern  District 
of  Illinois,  who  is  vice-president  of  the  Brown  Company 
and  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Columbia  Conservatory 
of  Music  and  Art,  is  in  Third  church.  Another  west  side 
Presbyterian  is  congressman  Charles  McGavin.  Mr. 
Thos.  E.  D.  Bradley,  a  lawyer  of  prominence,  an  elder 
in  and  superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school  of  Third 
church  for  years,  is  president  of  the  Cook  County 
Sunday  School  Association. 

Presbyterians  have  large  interests  at  the  Stock  Yards. 
First  of  all  the  president  of  the  Union  Stock  Yards  and 
Transit  Co.,  Mr.  John  A.  Spoor,  as  previously  recalled,  is 

in  the  Fourth  church.  Mr.  Louis  F.  Swift, 
Packers.  president  of  the  great  packing  firm  of  Swift 

&  Co.,  and  a  trustee  of  Lake  Forest 
College,  is  in  the  Lake  Forest  church.  Mr  P.  A.  Valentine, 
vice-president  of  Armour  &  Co.,  is  a  member  of  the  Sec- 

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Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 

ond  church.  Mr.  A.  I.  Valentine,  president  of  the  Armour 
Grain  Co.,  is  also  in  the  Second  church.  Mr.  Arthur 
Meeker,  general  manager  of  the  Armour  interests  is  a 
pew  holder  in  the  same  church.  Mr.  Thomas  E.  Wells, 
formerly  president  of  the  Continental  Packing  Co.,  vice- 
president  of  the  American  Cereal  Co.,  and  president  of 
the  grain  firm  of  T.  E.  Wells  &  Co.,  is  a  trustee  in  the 
Forty-first  Street  church.  Many  of  the  most  prominent 
commission  firms  at  the  yards  such  as  Wood  Bros.,  and 
Byers  Bros.  &  Co.,  are  made  up  wholly  of  Presbyterians. 

The  wholesale  grocery  interests  are  peculiarly  Presby- 
terian. For  instance  Sprague,  Warner  &  Co.;  Mr.  A. 
A.  Sprague,  who  is  in  the  Second  church,  is  the  head  of  the 
concern.  Incidentally  Mr.  Sprague  has  a  large  part  in 
the  philanthropies  of  the  city.  Mr.  Ezra  Warner  of  the 
same  firm  is  in  the  Lake  Forest  church, 
wholesale  Mr  Charles  H.  Bolster  of  this  company 
is  a  trustee  in  the  Buena  Memorial  church. 
Mr.  Thomas  Murdoch,  President  of  Reid,  Murdoch  &  Co., 
is  in  Second  church.  Mr.  Frank  H.  Armstrong,  secre- 
tary of  the  concern  is  one  of  the  most  active  men  in  the 
First  church  of  Evanston.  Mr.  E.  J.  Learned,  treasurer, 
is  in  the  Lake  Forest  church.  Of  the  Durand  &  Kasper 
Company,  Mr.  Calvin  Durand,  the  president,  and  Mr. 
Henry  C.  Durand,  the  second  vice-president,  are  in  the 
Lake  Forest  church,  while  Mr.  W.  B.  Downs,  the  secretary, 
is  in  the  River  Forest  church.  Mr.  Calvin  Durand's  gener- 
ous gift  of  a  Commons  to  Lake  Forest  College  is  noted 

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Chicago:     A    Presbyterian     City 

in  Professor  Halsey's  sketch  which  follows.  Mr.  Henry 
Durand,  in  addition  to  being  superintendent  of  the 
Sunday  school  at  Lake  Forest,  is  president  of  Associa- 
tion House — the  settlement  work  which  most  Christian 
people  consider  the  ideal  enterprise  of  its  kind  to  be 
found  anywhere.  He  is  also  vice-president  of  the 
Commercial  Exchange;  a  trustee  of  the  Presbyterian 
Hospital  and  one  of  the  leaders  in  the  Young  Men's 
Presbyterian  Union — a  rare  man  in  the  service  of  the 
Kingdom.  Mr.  Walter  T.  Chandler,  of  the  firm  of  Frank- 
lin MacVeagh  &  Co.,  is  a  trustee  in  the  Sixth  church. 
And  many  other  grocers  are  Presbyterians  as  will  be  seen 
by  a  glance  at  the  index. 

Prominent  lumber  interests  are  well  represented  in  the 
church.  First,  Mr.  James  E.  Defebaugh,  owner  and 
editor  of  the  American  Lumberman,  the  great  trade  journal 

of  this  branch  of  commerce,  is  an  elder  and 
Lumbermen,  trustee  of  the  Forty-first  Street  church. 

Mr.  Defebaugh  has  for  some  years  been 
the  head  of  the  religious  work  of  the  Young  Men's  Chris- 
tian Association  of  Chicago  and  is  also  one  of  the  board  of 
managers.  He  has  been  a  willing  and  generous  supporter 
of  the  Young  Men's  Presbyterian  Union  from  its  inception 
and  stands  as  a  notable  example  of  a  young  man's  friend 
in  business.  Mr.  George  H.  Holt,  of  Lake  Forest,  presi- 
dent of  the  Holt  Lumber  Company,  the  American  Lumber 
Company  of  Wisconsin  and  the  Policy  Holders  Union  of 
Chicago,  is  also  vice-president  of  the  Columbian  National 

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Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 

Life  Insurance  Company  of  Boston,  senior  member  of 
the  real  estate  firm  of  Holt,  MacChesney  &  Cheney,  and 
owner  of  the  Manhattan  Building.  Mr.  Moses  F.  Kitten- 
house,  president  of  the  Rittenhouse  &  Embree  Lumber 
Co.,  and  the  Arkansas  Lumber  Company  and  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Chandler  Lumber  Company,  comes  next. 
Mr.  William  E.  Kelley,  a  trustee  in  First  church,  is  presi- 
dent of  the  lumber  firm  of  William  E.  Kelley  &  Co.  Mr. 
John  B.  Lord,  president  of  the  Ayer  &  Lord  Tie  Co., 
a  Presbyterian  of  long  standing,  is  in  the  Kenwood  church. 
Mr.  Jacob  Mortenson,  a  lumber  dealer  of  prominence,  is  an 
elder  in  the  First  church  of  Oak  Park.  Mr.  S.  O.  Knud- 
son,  president  of  the  Knudson  &  Mercer  Lumber  Co.,  is  in 
Forty-first  St.  church,  and  is  superintendent  of  the  Sun- 
day school  at  Bethlehem  Chapel.  Mr.  Edward  Browne, 
president  of  the  Edward  Browne  Lumber  Co.,  is  an 
elder  in  the  Second  church.  Mr.  Benjamin  F.  Richard- 
son of  the  firm  of  Crandall  &  Richardson  is  still 
another  Presbyterian  lumberman.  Mr.  William  L. 
Sharp,  vice-president  of  E.  L.  Roberts  &  Co.,  whole- 
sale dealers  in  sash,  doors  and  blinds  could  very 
properly  be  included  here.  He  is  also  president  of  the 
window  glass  concern  of  Sharp,  Partridge  &  Co.  Mr. 
I.  R.  Krum  (an  elder  in  Third  church),  is  president 
of  Krum,  Griffith  &  Co.,  lumber  merchants.  Mr. 
Thomas  R.  Lyon,  president  of  the  Lyon  Cypress  Lumber 
Company,  and  Mr.  James  P.  Soper,  vice-president  of 
the  Soper  Lumber  Company  and  vice-president  of  the 

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Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 

Menominee    Bay  Shore    Lumber  Company    concludes 
this  section. 

The  heads  of  the  varied  industries  which  center  in 
Chicago,  who  are  generally  called  in  present-day  language 
"Captains  of  Industry"  are  large  supporters  of  and  workers 
in  the  church.  Reference  has  been  made 
industries.  already  to  many  of  them  under  other  sub- 
jects. Mr.  Samuel  M.  Hastings,  president 
of  the  Computing  Scale  Company  of  America  and  a  di- 
rector of  many  other  corporations  as  shown  in  the  index 
is  a  trustee  in  the  Buena  Memorial  church.  Mr.  Hugh 
McBirney,  president  of  the  National  Lead  Company  is 
a  trustee  and  one  of  the  most  faithful  supporters  of  the 
Second  church.  Mr.  David  B.  Jones,  president  of  the 
Mineral  Point  Zinc  Company  divides  his  time  between 
the  Fourth  and  Lake  Forest  churches.  He  is  a  trustee 
of  both  Lake  Forest  College  and  the  Presbyterian  Hospi- 
tal. Mr.  Turlington  W.  Harvey,  president  the  Acme  Gas 
Co.  (an  elder),  Mr.  J.  Harley  Bradley,  president  of  the 
Bradley  Manufacturing  Co.,  Mr.  Charles  L.  Bartlett, 
president  of  the  Orangeine  Chemical  Company  (a  trustee) 
and  Mr.  Lucius  G.  Fisher,  president  of  the  United  States 
Bag  and  Paper  Company,  owner  of  the  Fisher  Building 
are  all  in  the  Fourth  church.  Mr.  Benjamin  M.  Hair, 
president  of  the  Northwestern  Yeast  Company  is  in  the 
Second  church  of  Evanston.  Mr.  William  G.  Holbrook, 
president  of  the  Union  Drop  Forge  Company,  Mr.  Archi- 
bald W.  Houston,  vice-president  Republic  Iron  &  Steel 


Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 

Company,  Mr.  Otho  H.  Morgan,  president  Chicago  Var- 
nish Company,  Mr.  Anson  C.  Morgan,  secretary,  (a 
trustee  in  Highland  Park  church),  Mr.  W.  S.  Potwin, 
treasurer  of  this  company  (an  elder  in  Fourth  church), 
Mr.  Augustus  R.  Richardson,  vice-president  of  the  Richard 
son  &  Boynton  Co.,  furnace  and  stove  manufacturers, 
Mr.  C.  Alfred  Smith,  president  Mclntosh  Battery  & 
Optical  Company,  Mr.  Frederick  M.  Steele,  president 
and  treasurer  of  the  Chicago  Forge  and  Bolt  Company 
(an  elder  in  Highland  Park  church),  Mr.  Towner  K. 
Webster,  president  of  the  Webster  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany, elevating  and  conveying  machinery,  and  Mr.  Robert 
J.  Zorge,  president  of  the  American  Corn  Milling  Com- 
pany all  have  their  part  in  their  own  local  churches. 

Mr.  Henry  M.  Ralston,  president  of  the  North  American 
Iron  Company  is  the  faithful  clerk  of  the  session  at  the 
Second  church,  Mr.  Harold  F.  McCormick,  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  International  Harvester  Company,  a  trustee 
of  the  University  of  Chicago  and  the  Theodore  Thomas 
Orchestra  and  Mr.  Stanley  McCormick,  comptroller  of 
the  International  Harvester  Company  both  reflect  credit 
on  the  names  they  bear  in  the  Fourth  church.  Mr. 
Robert  Stuart,  secretary  and  a  very  large  factor  in  the 
American  Cereal  Company,  is  a  trustee  of  the  Hyde  Park 
Presbyterian  church.  Mr.  Frank  P.  Sawyer,  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Great  Western  Cereal  Company  is  a  member 
of  the  same  church.  Mr.  Albert  B.  Dick,  president  of 
the  concern  bearing  his  name  which  manufactures  the 

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Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 

Edison  Mimeograph,  is  in  the  Lake  Forest  church  and 
and  is  a  trustee  of  both  the  college  and  hospital.  Mr. 
Edward  P.  Baird,  president  of  the  Telephone  Equipment 
concern,  called  the  Baird  Manufacturing  Co.,  is  in  the 
First  church  of  Evanston.  Mr.  Samuel  E.  Barrett,  chair- 
man of  the  board  of  the  Barrett  Manufacturing  Co.,  roofers, 
is  in  the  Fourth  church.  Mr.  Thomas  Kane,  president 
of  Thomas  Kane  &  Co.,  school  and  church  furniture, 
president  of  the  American  Spiral  Pipe  Works,  presi- 
dent of  the  Winona  Assembly  and  Summer  School  in- 
terests and  vice-president  of  the  Lewis  Institute,  is  an 
elder  and  trustee  in  the  Third  church.  Mr.  Thomas 
G.  McCulloh,  vice-president  and  treasurer  of  the 
National  Linseed  Oil  Company,  president  of  the  Fed- 
eral Manufacturing  Company,  is  an  elder  in  the  Hyde 
Park  church.  Mr.  Charles  H.  Fitzhugh,  president  of  the 
Fitzhugh,  Luther  Locomotive  Co.,  is  a  deacon  in  the  Lake 
Forest  church.  Mr.  John  McKinnon,  president  of  the 
Illinois  Straw  Products  Company  is  prominent  in  many 
interests  throughout  the  city.  Mr.  Mark  Morton,  treas- 
urer of  the  International  Salt  Company,  treasurer  of  the 
United  States  Sugar  Refinery  and  director  in  many  other 
interests  is  a  trustee  in  the  Lake  Forest  church.  Mr. 
Frederick  F.  Peabody,  vice-president  of  the  shirt  and 
collar  concern  of  Cluett,  Peabody  &  Co.,  is  in  the  First 
church  of  Evanston,  in  which  church  is  also  one  of  the 
best  known  elders  in  the  presbytery,  Mr.  Frank  S.  Shaw, 
president  of  the  Cable  Piano  Co.  Mr.  E.  P.  McPherson, 

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Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 

second  vice-president  of  the  Cable  Co.,  is  an  elder  in 
Third  church.  It  is  impossible  to  include  in  this  section 
all  the  heads  of  the  varied  industries  who  are  identified 
with  the  Presbyterian  church  but  their  names  together 
with  other  information  appear  in  the  index. 

The  Wholesale  Merchants  and  Manufacturers,  who 
are  Presbyterians,  would  fill  a  volume  themselves,  so  only 
a  few  will  be  referred  to  here.  The  first  two  houses  to  be 
wholesale  mentioned  are  Marshall  Field  &  Co.,  and 
dry  goods  Carson,  Pirie,  Scott  &  Co.,  because  they 
have  both  wholesale  and  retail  branches. 
Although  Mr.  Field  himself  never  joined  the  church,  he 
was  for  years  a  trustee  in  and  one  of  the  most  regular  at- 
tendants at  the  First  church.  He  seemed  especially 
inclined  toward  Presbyterians  in  his  selection  of  partners 
from  the  beginning — Mr.  John  V.  Farwell,  Mr.  Henry  J. 
Willing,  Mr.  Lafayette  McWilliams  and  Mr.  Thomas 
Templeton,  four  of  them  being  Presbyterian  elders.  So 
down  to  the  present  time  men  of  this  type  manage  the 
affairs  of  this,  the  greatest  institution  of  its  kind  in  the 
world.  Mr.  John  G.  Shedd,  president  of  the  company, 
is  in  the  Kenwood  church.  Mr.  Arthur  B.  Jones,  one  of 
the  trustees  of  the  estate,  is  in  the  First  church  of  Evanston. 
Mr.  Stanley  Field  and  Mr.  Philip  L.  James,  nephews  of 
Mr.  Marshall  Field,  are  in  the  First  church.  Mr.  James 
Simpson,  vice-president  of  the  company  is  from  the  oldest 
and  staunchest  type  of  Scotch  Presbyterianism.  Mr. 
Lindsay  T.  Woodcock,  general  manager  of  the  retail  end 

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Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 

of  the  business  is  an  elder  in  the  First  church  of  Oak  Park 
while  Mr.  W.  F.  Hypes  of  the  wholesale  section  is  in  the 
First  church  of  Evanston.  There  are  many  other  prom- 
inent department  managers  and  officers  to  be  found 
in  the  various  churches  throughout  the  city. 

Carson,  Pirie,  Scott  &  Co.,  is  much  the  same  in  its 
make  up.  Of  the  founders  of  the  concern  but  one  or  two 
are  left.  Mr.  Samuel  S.  Scott,  long  an  elder  in  the  church, 
although  spending  most  of  his  time  in  the  south  now,  at- 
tends the  Buena  Memorial  church.  Mr.  John  W.  Scott — 
of  the  younger  generation,  but  one  of  the  leaders  now — is 
in  the  First  church  of  Evanston.  Mr.  John  T.  Pirie,  Jr.  is 
in  the  Lake  Forest  Church. 

It  is  interesting  to  observe  in  both  the  wholesale  and 
retail  sections  of  the  city,  the  buildings,  the  signs  and  the 
advertisements  of  concerns  headed  by,  owned  or  con- 
trolled by  Presbyterians.  First  we  will  con- 
^ne  ourselves  to  the  wholesale  district 
including  some  of  the  manufacturers. 

The  John  V.  Farwell  Co. — The  founder,  Mr.  John  V. 
Farwell,  Sr.,  and  the  present  treasurer  and  general 
manager,  Mr.  John  V.  Farwell,  Jr.,  have  been  referred 
to  before.  Mr.  Arthur  L.  Farwell,  second  vice-presi- 
whoiesaie  president,  and  Mr.  Francis  C.  Farwell, 
merchants  and  secretary,  of  the  company,  are  in  the  Lake 

manufacturers.  _,  ,         ,        , ..      T  ,      ,T7    „ 

Forest  church.  Mr.  John  W.  Sweet,  presi- 
dent of  Sweet  Dempster  &  Co.,  wholesale  hats,  is  in 
Evanston  First  church.  Mr.  Moses  D.  Wells,  president 

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Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 

of  the  wholesale  shoe  firm  of  M.  D.  Wells  &  Co.,  is  in 
the  First  church.  Mr.  Charles  Smith,  president  of  the 
wholesale  paper  concern  of  Bradner  Smith  &  Co.,  is  in 
Fourth  church.  Mr.  Walter  L.  Parrotte,  president  of  the 
wholesale  hat  concern  of  Parrotte,  Beals  &  Co.,  is  in  Hyde 
Park  church. 

Mr.  William  H.  Bush,  president  of  Wm.  H.  Bush  &  Co., 
wholesale  hats  and  caps,  and  president  of  Francis  T. 
Simmons  &  Co.,  wholesale  gloves,  is  a  member  of  Fourth 
church.  Mr.  A.  C.  Becken,  president  and  Mr.  Walter 
Frazer  Brown,  vice-president  and  treasurer,  of  the  whole- 
sale jewelry  house  of  A.  C.  Becken  &  Co.,  are  both  in 
Evanston  First  church.  Mr.  Hamilton  Borden,  president 
of  the  Borden  &  Selleck  Co.,  Howe  Scales,  is  an  elder  in 
First  church.  Mr.  Henry  W.  Dudley,  president  of  the 
H.  W.  Dudley  Coffee  Co.,  is  also  an  elder  in  First  church, 
while  Mr.  E.  A.  Downs,  the  vice-president  of  the  com- 
pany, is  an  old-time  Presbyterian.  Mr.  W.  D.  Messenger, 
president  of  the  wholesale  paper  firm  of  W.  D.  Messenger 
&  Co.,  is  an  elder  in  the  Highland  Park  church.  Mr. 
Arthur  B.  Cotton,  president  of  the  Brydon  Trimmed  Hat 
Co.,  is  an  elder  in  Eighth  church.  Mr.  John  S.  Ford, 
president  of  the  great  chair  and  furniture  manufacturing 
concern  of  Ford  &  Johnson  Co.,  is  an  elder  and  Bible 
class  teacher  in  the  Sixth  church.  Mr.  Melancthon 
Smith,  president  of  the  Star  Gelatine  Company,  and  of 
M.  Smith  &  Co.,  wholesale  grocers  and  packers  supplies; 
Mr.  J.  D.  Haggard,  president  of  Haggard  &  Marcusson 

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Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 

Company,  manufacturers  of  spring  beds  and  mattresses; 
Mr.  L.  W.  Flershem,  vice-president  of  the  jewelry  concern 
of  Lapp  &  Flershem ;  Mr.  John  F.  Jelke,  president  of  the 
butterine  concern  of  Braun  &  Fitts;  Mr.  James  B.  Clow, 
president  and  William  E.  Clow  (for  years  a  trustee  in  the 
Lake  View  church),  vice-president  of  Jas.  B.  Clow  &  Co., 
wholesale  plumbers  and  plumbers'  supplies;  Mr.  E.  B. 
Moore,  president  of  the  wood  carpet  concern  of  E.  B. 
Moore  &  Co.;  Mr.  James  L.  Mead,  president  of  the 
Mead  Cycle  Co. ;  William  H.  Warren,  president  of  W.  H. 
Warren  &  Co.,  bank  and  office  furniture;  Mr.  J.  H.  Whit- 
ing, president,  Whiting  Foundry  &  Equipment  Co. ;  Mr. 
Robert  Vierling,  president  and  Mr.  Louis  Vierling,  sec- 
retary and  treasurer  of  the  Vierling,  McDowell  Iron 
Works;  Messrs.  J.  W.,  a  trustee,  and  H.  W.  Allen,  an 
elder,  in  the  Campbell  Park  church,  of  the  J.  W.  Allen 
Co.,  bakers  and  confectioners  supplies;  Mr.  Clyde  M. 
Carr,  vice-president  and  secretary  of  Joseph  T.  Ryerson 
&  Co.,  heavy  iron  and  steel  merchants  and  Mr.  Robert 
F.  Carr,  vice-president  and  general  manager  of  the  Dear- 
born Drug  and  Chemical  Works;  Mr.  Robert  Russell, 
president  of  the  Russell  Carpet  Co.;  Mr.  William  D. 
Collyer,  president  of  W.  D.  Collyer  &  Co.,  butter  and  egg 
merchants — United  States  inspector  of  dairy  exports — all 
these  are  Presbyterians.  Both  Messrs.  John  C.  Crofts 
and  Corydon  A.  Reed,  of  the  soap  manufacturing  concern 
bearing  their  name,  are  active  in  the  church.  The  former 
in  the  Austin  First  church  and  the  latter  an  elder  in 

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Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 

Oak  Park  First  church.  The  present  beautiful  edifice  of 
the  Eighth  church  is  no  doubt  due  to  Mr.  Reed's  gen- 
erosity and  untiring  efforts.  Mr.  L.  P.  Moore,  secretary 
and  treasurer  of  the  varnish  concern  of  Benj.  Moore  & 
Co.,  is  in  Evanston  Second  church.  Mr.  A.  E.  Coleman, 
president  Chicago  Ornamental  Iron  Co.,  is  an  elder  and 
a  trustee  in  the  Hyde  Park  church.  Mr.  Geo.  M.  Bard, 
president  of  the  Norwall  Mfg.  Co.  (steam  supplies),  is  a 
trustee  in  the  same  church. 

Mr.  Charles  B.  Ford,  president  of  the  Ford  &  Howard 
Company,  produce  merchants,  is  in  Oak  Park  First 
church.  Mr.  Edward  H.  Smith,  treasurer  of  the  Oliver 
Typewriter  Company  is  a  trustee  in  the  Fourth  church. 
Mr.  John  E.  Wilder,  of  the  firm  of  Wilder  &  Co.,  tanners 
and  leather  merchants,  and  ex-state  president  of  the  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association  is  in  Evanston  First  church. 
Mr.  Carlton  Moseley  (a  trustee),  a  partner  in  the  great 
coffee  firm  of  Chase  &  Sanborn,  and  Mr.  Samuel  Parlia- 
ment, a  wholesale  cheese  merchant  are  both  in  the  High- 
land Park  church.  Mr.  Jonathan  W.  Brooks,  Jr.,  vice- 
president  of  the  china  and  glassware  house  of  Pitkin  & 
Brooks;  Mr.  C.  M.  Trowbridge,  vice-president  of  Burley 
&  Co.,  china  and  glassware  (a  trustee  in  Lake  Forest 
church),  Mr.  Henry  Faurot,  vice-president  and  treasurer 
of  the  Western  Felt  Works;  Mr.  John  D.  Hibbard,  presi- 
dent of  John  Davis  Co.,  plumbers'  supplies,  and  president 
of  the  Davis  Construction  Co. ;  Mr.  L.  M.  Bushnell,  of  the 
firm  of  Vaughan  &  Bushnell,  hardware  manufacturers; 

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Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 

Mr.  W.  T.  Bussey,  president  of  the  Chicago  Stove  Works, 
Mr.  E.  G.  Clark  (an  elder  in  Fourth  church  and  presi- 
dent of  the  Chicago  Foundlings  Home),  treasurer  of  Hib- 
bard,  Spencer,  Bartlett  &  Co.,  wholesale  hardware,  and 
Mr.  Robert  M.  Wells,  of  the  wholesale  hardware  concern 
of  Wells  &  Nellegar,  for  years  an  elder  in  First  church, 
conclude  this  list. 

The  retail  merchants  contain  such  names  as  Mr.  F.  M. 
Atwood,  the  clothier,  a  trustee  in  the  Hyde  Park  church. 
Mr.  N.  B.  Holden,  the  shoe  dealer,  who  is  a  trustee  in  the 
Third  church.  Mr.  Alexander  H.  Revell,  and  Mr.  W.  K. 

Cowan,  prominent  furniture  dealers,  are  both 
merchant!.  m  ^  Fourth  church.  Mr.  C.  E.  Graves, 

the  jeweler,  is  in  the  First  church  of  Evans- 
ton,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  another  prominent 
jeweler,  Mr.  C.  D.  Peacock,  was  a  member  of  First 
church.  Mr.  William  L.  Campbell,  vice-president 
of  the  Economical  Drug  Co.,  Mr.  F.  W.  Gerould,  the 
resident  partner  of  A.  G.  Spalding  &  Co.,  sporting 
goods,  a  trustee  in  First  church  of  Evanston,  Mr.  Platt 
P.  Gibbs,  president  of  the  Chicago  Music  Co.,  and  Mr. 
A.  H.  Abbott,  of  A.  H.  Abbott  &  Co.,  artists'  supplies, 
are  all  Presbyterians. 

It  is  a  somewhat  delicate  matter  to  classify  the  newspaper 
men  of  Chicago  so  far  as  their  religious  affiliations  are 
concerned.  There  are,  however,  notable  examples  of 
Christian  manhood  connected  with  the  press.  Mr.  Fred- 
erick Driscoll,  commissioner  The  American  Newspaper 

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Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 

Publishers  Association,  is  in  the  Lake  View  church. 
Mr.  Victor  F.  Lawson,  owner  and  publisher  of  the 
Chicago  Daily  News,  was  for  years  in  the  Fullerton 
Avenue  Presbyterian  church,  but  has  since  his  removal  to 
LaSalle  Avenue  been  in  the  New  England  Congregational 
church.  Mr.  Robert  W.  Patterson,  the  editor  and  pub- 
Newspaper  lisher  of  the  Chicago  Tribune,  makes 
editors  and  his  church  home  while  in  Chicago  in  the 
Fourth  church.  Many  will  remember  the 
strong  and  abiding  impression  his  father  Dr.  Robert 
W.  Patterson,  made  upon  this  city  of  ours  while  he 
was  pastor  of  Second  church,  during  which  time 
he  was  instrumental  in  establishing  Lake  Forest 
College.  Mr.  John  C.  Eastman,  publisher  of  the 
Chicago  Daily  Journal  and  Mr.  George  W.  Hinman, 
publisher  of  the  Inter-Ocean  are  both  identified 
with  the  church.  Mr.  Samuel  R.  Wells,  business 
manager  of  the  Daily  News  is  a  deacon  in  Second  church. 
Mr.  Everett  Sisson,  publisher  of  the  Interior,  the  great 
Presbyterian  paper  of  this  section,  is  in  the  Oak  Park 
First  church.  Mr.  Harry  Wilkinson,  publisher  of  the 
Chicago  Banker,  is  a  Presbyterian,  very  appropriately. 
Mr.  Samuel  Eberly  Kiser,  whose  inspiring  columns  in  the 
Chicago  Record-Herald  we  read  daily,  is  in  the  Evanston 
First  church.  Mr.  James  E.  Defebaugh,  of  the  American 
Lumberman  and  Mr.  Nolan  R.  Best  of  the  Interior  are 
referred  to  elsewhere.  Mr.  S.  E.  Gruenstein  of  the  Chi- 
cago Evening  Post,  has  for  years  been  organist  in  the  Lake 

[So] 


Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 

Forest  church.  Many  of  the  leading  editors  of  and  con- 
tributors to  the  Chicago  daily  papers  are  in  the  church. 
Perhaps  this  accounts  for  the  attitude  of  the  press  towards 
the  various  movements  for  civic  righteousness. 

The  Insurance  business — fire,  life,  marine,  accident 
and  casualty — is  well  cared  for  by  our  denomination — 
in  fact  Presbyterians  are  away  in  the  lead  so  far  as  the 
number  of  companies  represented  is  con- 
men'*  cerned.  To  begin  with,  the  president  of 
the  Chicago  (Fire)  Underwriters  Associa- 
tion is  Mr.  Edward  M.  Teall,  an  elder  and  trustee  in  the 
Third  church.  He  is  also  president  of  the  underwriting 
firm  of  Edw.  M.  Teall  &  Co.,  president  of  the  Chicago 
Relief  and  Aid  Society  and  president  of  the  board  of 
trustees  of  the  McCormick  Theological  Seminary.  The 
secretary  of  the  same  association,  Mr.  Ralph  N.  Trim- 
mingham — another  fire  underwriter — is  in  the  Oak  Park 
church.  Mr.  Fred  S.  James,  president  of  Fred  S.  James 
&  Co.,  one  of  the  oldest  and  largest  fire  insurance  agencies 
in  the  city,  is  in  the  First  church  of  Evanston.  Mr. 
Francis  C.  Waller  a  prominent  fire  underwriter;  Mr. 
Horatio  N.  Kelsey,  western  manager  of  the  Sun  Fire  In- 
surance Company;  Mr.  Thomas  S.  Chard,  manager  of  the 
Firemen's  Fund  and  Union  Fire  Insurance  Companies, 
are  all  Presbyterians.  Mr.  W.  F.  Cameron,  of  the  con- 
cern of  P.  F.  Cameron  &  Co.,  is  a  trustee  in  the  Hyde 
Park  church. 

Mr.  F.  M.  Steele,  president  of  the  American  Guaranty 

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Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 

Co.;  Mr.  E.  C.  Waller,  president  of  the  North  American 
Accident  Insurance  Co.;  Mr.  Franklin  H.  Head,  vice- 
president,  Continental  Casualty  Co.,  and  W.  J.  Aiken, 
general  manager  of  the  Preferred  Accident  Insurance  Co., 
are  a  quartette  of  Presbyterians  interested  in  other 
branches  of  the  insurance  business.  Mr.  George  L. 
McCurdy,  of  the  Forty-first  Street  church,  president  of  Geo. 
L.  McCurdy  &  Co.,  and  Capt.  Chas.  W.  Elphicke,  of 
the  Evanston  First  church,  president  of  Chas.  W.  El- 
phicke &  Co.,  and  a  large  vessel  owner,  are  largely  in 
control  of  the  marine  insurance  business  of  the  great  lakes. 
The  president  of  the  Life  Underwriters  Association  of 
Chicago — Mr.  L.  Brackett  Bishop,  is  a  member  of  the 
Edgewater  church.  He  is  manager  of  the  Massachusetts 
Mutual  Life  Insurance  Co.,  is  largely  interested  in 
the  Chicago  Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  and  is 
one  of  the  most  highly  respected  men  in  the  life  insurance 
business.  Mr.  George  H.  Holt,  the  vice-president  of  the 
Columbian  National  Life  Insurance  Co.,  of  Boston,  has 
already  been  mentioned.  This  company  has,  as  its  active 
leader  of  its  western  agencies,  one  of  the  most  capable 
and  best-known  directors  of  men  in  the  entire  country, 
Mr.  Howard  H.  Hoyt,  of  the  First  church  of  Evanston. 
Mr.  Hoyt's  title  is  assistant  director  of  agencies.  Mr. 
Raymond  W.  Stevens,  vice-president  of  the  Illinois 
Life  Insurance  Company  is  a  trustee  in  the  Forty- 
first  Street  church.  Mr.  Walter  Z.  Brown,  treasurer 
of  the  same  company  is  a  deacon  in  the  church 

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Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 

of  the  Covenant.  Mr.  Isaac  B.  Snow,  superintendent  of 
agencies  of  the  Massachusetts  Mutual  Life,  is  a  trustee  in 
Forty-first  Street  church.  Mr.  Charles  D.  Norton,  gen- 
eral agent  of  the  North- Western  Mutual  Life  Insurance 
Company  of  Milwaukee,  is  in  the  Lake  Forest  church. 
Mr.  James  W.  Janney,  general  agent  of  the  Provident 
Life  and  Trust  Company  of  Philadelphia,  is  also  men- 
tioned earlier.  Mr.  E.  H.  Elwell,  general  agent  of  the 
Michigan  Mutual  Life,  is  another  trustee  in  the  Forty- 
first  Street  church.  Mr.  William  T.  Van  Arsdale,  general 
agent  of  the  Mutual  Benefit  of  New  Jersey,  and  Mr.  Elihu 
D.  Watt,  general  manager  of  the  National  Life  Insurance 
Company,  U.  S.  A.,  are  also  Presbyterians.  There  should 
follow  here  naturally  reference  to  Mr.  Thomas  R.  Wed- 
dell,  assistant  editor  of  the  Insurance  Post  and  insurance 
editor  of  the  Chicago  Record-Herald,  who  is  a  member  of 
the  Hinsdale  church. 

Many    of    Chicago's    most    prominent    architects    are 

Presbyterians.     Mr.    Charles   S.    Frost,   of   the   firm   of 

Frost  &  Granger,  is  an  elder  in  the  Lake  Forest  church. 

Mr.  H.  B.  Wheelock  is  an  elder  in  the  Evanston  First 

church.    Mr.  Howard  Van  Doren  Shaw  is  a 

Architects.         trustee  and  treasurer  in  the  Second  church. 

Mr.   James   Gamble   Rogers,   Mr.  Robert 

Thorne  Newberry  and  Mr.  George  W.  Maher — three  of 

the  leading  architects  of  Chicago — are  also  in  the  church. 

La  Salle  Street  has  always  been  aware  of  the  strength 
of  the  Presbyterian  church — from  the  Stock  Exchange 

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and  Chamber  of  Commerce  down  to  the  Board  of  Trade. 
Many  of  the  leaders  of  the  financial  and  insurance 
community  have  been  included  under  other 
captions.  Mr.  Granger  Farwell,  president 
of  the  stock  and  bond  house  of  Granger, 
Farwell  &  Co.;  ex-president  of  the  Stock  Exchange, 
and  president  of  the  Chicago  Bureau  of  Charities,  is  a 
trustee  in  Lake  Forest  church.  Mr.  Alfred  L.  Baker, 
president  of  the  financial  institution  bearing  his  name  is 
also  in  Lake  Forest  and  is  the  faithful  and  efficient  presi- 
dent of  the  board  of  trustees  of  Lake  Forest  University. 
Mr.  Baker's  interests,  so  far  as  outside  charities  and  phil- 
anthropies are  concerned,  are  doubtless  as  numerous  as 
any  Presbyterian  in  the  city,  as  the  index  will  indicate. 
Mr.  Ferry  W.  Leach,  of  the  firm  of  A.  B.  Leach  &  Co. 
is  in  the  First  church  of  Oak  Park.  Others  active  in  the 
church  and  of  great  influence  in  stocks  and  bonds  are 
Charles  M.  Howe,  an  elder  in  Evanston  First  church, 
Samuel  M.  Meek,  president  of  the  Fidelity  Trust  Co., 
and  Mr.  Martin  A.  Devitt,  of  the  firm  of  Devitt,  Tremble 
&  Co.  Mr.  William  A.  Douglass,  manager  of  the  Mer- 
cantile Agency  of  R.  G.  Dun  &  Co.,  is  a  trustee  of  Oak 
Park  First  church  and  has  been  a  trustee  of  the  Presby- 
terian Hospital  from  its  inception.  Mr.  Israel  P.  Rumsay, 
head  of  the  firm  of  Rumsay  &  Co.,  is  an  elder  in  the  Lake 
Forest  church.  Aside  from  being  a  man  of  untiring  ef- 
forts in  behalf  of  the  church  he  has  ever  been  devoted  to 
the  cause  of  the  Citizen's  League,  for  the  suppression  of 

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the  sale  of  liquor  to  minors  and  drunkards,  which  move- 
ment he  originated  and  was  its  president  for  some  twenty- 
five  years.  Mr.  Albert  M.  Day,  for  years  in  the  firm  of 
Counselman  &  Day,  like  many  others  divides  his  time 
between  the  Fourth  and  Lake  Forest  churches.  Since 
assuming  the  presidency  of  the  Presbyterian  Hospital  he 
has  devoted  almost  all  his  time  thereto,  bringing  the  in- 
stitution up  to  its  present  high  standard  of  efficiency — 
the  best  in  its  history.  Mr.  Day's  sketch  of  the  hospital 
appears  elsewhere. 

The  Educational  Institutions  in  and  around  Chicago 
owe  much  to  the  Presbyterian  church.  McCormick 
Theological  Seminary,  is,  of  course,  denominational  in 
character.  Dr.  McClure's  sketch  which 
Educator.  follows  later  on  will  show,  however,  the 
wide  influence  of  the  institution.  Doctor 
McClure's  long  pastorate  at  Lake  Forest  seemed  to 
peculiarly  fit  him  for  the  presidency  of  the  seminary 
which,  under  his  leadership,  is  destined  to  be  one  of  the 
greatest  training  schools  for  the  ministry  the  whole  nation 
possesses.  If  it  were  not  for  the  rule  adopted  at  the  be- 
ginning whereby  reference  was  not  to  be  made  to  the  in- 
dividual ministers  in  this  particular  book  certainly  an 
opportunity  would  here  be  taken  to  pay  the  tribute  to 
president  McClure  which  the  writer,  in  common  with 
every  one  in  the  country  who  knows  him,  would  like  to 
have  recorded. 

Lake  Forest  University — the  College,  the  Academy  and 

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Ferry  Hall — are  Presbyterian  too,  although  not  narrowly 
so.  There  could  be  no  more  logical  person  to  write  the 
sketch  about  that  institution  than  Prof.  John  J.  Halsey, 
the  acting  president.  When  it  is  read,  one  should  bear 
in  mind  the  life  behind  it,  that  of  a  man  who  through  all 
the  years,  under  various  administrations  and  conditions 
has  striven  to  make  Lake  Forest  worth  almost  everything 
to  the  young  people  who  have  come  under  its  influence. 
Professor  Halsey,  is  an  elder  of  the  Lake  Forest  church 
and  active  in  the  life  thereof.  Lake  Forest  is  the  home 
of  Dr.  Clifford  W.  Barnes,  one  of  the  foremost  educators 
of  the  present  time.  His  training  while  president  of 
Illinois  college  and  more  recently  as  general  secretary 
of  the  Religious  Educational  Association  very  naturally 
led  up  to  the  special  research  work  he  is  engaged  in  at 
this  time,  both  at  home  and  abroad. 

The  North- Western  Military  Academy  at  Highland 
Park  has  at  its  head,  Col.  H.  P.  Davidson,  a  member  of 
the  Highland  Park  church  and  a  manly  man. 

The  University  of  Chicago  (Baptist)  has  one  Presby- 
terian trustee  and  many  Presbyterians  in  its  faculty. 
Among  them,  Prof.  John  M.  Coulter,  dean  of  the  School 
of  Botany,  an  elder  in  Hyde  Park,  who  has  been  men- 
tioned. Prof.  Henry  H.  Belfield,  also  an  elder  in  the 
same  church  is  dean  of  the  University  High  School — 
formerly  the  Chicago  Manual  Training  School. 

North- Western  University  (Methodist)  although  more 
denominational  in  character  than  the  University  of  Chi- 

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cago,  finds  room  for  Presbyterians  here  and  there,  three 
being  on  the  board  of  trustees. 

Mr.  Orville  M.  Powers,  founder  and  president  of  the 
Metropolitan  Business  College,  is  a  trustee  and  treasurer 
of  the  Hyde  Park  church.  Prof.  John  C.  Grant,  principal 
of  the  Harvard  school,  is  an  elder  in  the  Second  church. 
Prof.  Charles  D.  Lowry,  assistant  superintendent  of 
schools,  is  an  elder  in  the  Third  church  and  active  at 
Foster  Mission.  Mr.  William  M.  Roberts,  another  as- 
sistant superintendent  of  schools,  is  a  Presbyterian,  al- 
though beyond  one  member  of  the  school  board  (Mrs. 
Emmons  Elaine)  Presbyterians  do  not  claim  much  of 
the  glory  coming  to  the  present  public  school  system  in 
Chicago. 

Presbyterians  prove  to  be  especially  successful  as  pub- 
lishers, printers,  stationers,  lithographers  and  engravers. 
Mr.  Fleming  H.  Revell,  president  and  Mr.  George  H. 
Doran,  vice-president  of  the  Fleming  H.  Revell  Co.,  are 
in  the  First  church  of  Evanston.  Mr.  Joel  C.  Lininger, 
president  The  Winona  Publishing  Company,  is  in  the 
Buena  Memorial  church.  Mr.  Wentworth  W.  Tewksbury, 
Publishers  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  same  corn- 
printers,  pany,  is  leader  of  the  Fellowship  Class  for 

stationers,  etc.  __    '         ,,  ,        ~  ,     .         ,        __ 

Young   Men   m  the  Second  church.     Mr. 

Hugh  A.  Foresman,  vice-president  of  Scott,  Foresman  & 
Co.,  is  in  the  Hyde  Park  church.  Mr.  John  S.  Goodman, 
president  of  J.  S.  Goodman  &  Co.  (an  elder  in  Third 
church),  Mr.  George  W.  Ogilvie,  president  of  George  W. 

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Ogilvie  &  Co.  and  Mr.  John  W.  Wilcox,  secretary  and 
treasurer  of  C.  M.  Barnes  Co.,  are  three  prominent  pub- 
lishers in  the  Presbyterian  church.  Mr.  R.  Scott  Miner, 
manager  of  the  Educational  Book  Department  of  the 
American  Book  Co.  and  vice-president  of  the  Young  Men's 
Presbyterian  Union,  is  in  the  Woodlawn  Park  church. 
Mr.  Jerome  A.  Smith,  president  of  the  S.  D.  Childs  Print- 
ing and  Stationery  Co.,  is  an  elder  in  the  First  church  of 
Evanston.  Mr.  J.  Harry  Jones,  secretary  of  the  Marshall- 
Jackson  Stationery  Co.,  is  a  trustee  in  the  La  Grange 
church.  Mr.  Amos  Pettibone,  one  of  the  vice-presidents 
of  P.  F.  Pettibone  &  Co.,  printers  and  stationers,  is  a 
trustee  in  the  church  of  the  Covenant  (previously  men- 
tioned). Mr.  R.  S.  Pettibone,  another  vice-president  of 
this  company  is  an  elder  in  the  First  church  of  Austin. 
Mr.  Carroll  H.  Sudler,  vice-president  of  the  Ketterlinus 
Lithographic  Manufacturing  Co.,  a  vice-president  of  the 
Young  Men's  Presbyterian  Union  and  actively  interested 
in  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  is  an  elder  in 
the  Fourth  church.  Mr.  J.  H.  Barnett,  president  of  J.  H. 
Barnett  &  Co.,  engravers,  is  in  the  First  church  of  Austin, 
and  Mr.  A.  R.  Barnes,  president  of  A.  R.  Barnes  &  Co., 
is  in  the  First  church  of  Evanston. 

It  is  even  more  difficult  to  determine  who  of  the  medical, 
surgical  and  dental  professions  shall  receive  recognition 
in  this  book.  It  may  be  safely  said  that  the  majority 
of  the  leaders  in  these  vocations  are  in  the  Presbyterian 
church;  and  more  interesting  still  is  the  fact  that  men  of 

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this  type  are  generally  picked  for  membership  in  the 
session  and  on  the  boards  of  trustees.  Because  of  the 
peculiarly  conspicuous  place  he  occupies  in  the  life  of 
Physicians,  Chicago  we  will  mention  first  the  blind 
dentists'and  heart  specialist,  Dr.  Robert  Hall  Babcock,  of 
opticians.  the  Fourth  church.  Aside  from  being  a  spe- 
cialist in  unusual  demand,  Doctor  Babcock  has  found  time 
to  publish  an  exhaustive  work  on  "Diseases  of  the  Heart 
and  Arterial  System."  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
Post- Graduate  Medical  School  of  Chicago,  is  a  professor 
in  the  college  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  and  on  the  staff 
of  the  Cook  County  Hospital.  Dr.  Alexander  H.  Fergu- 
son, a  member  of  the  First  church,  a  surgeon  and  author 
of  rare  ability,  is  the  president  of  the  Chicago  Hospital. 
Dr.  Daniel  A.  K.  Steele,  also  a  member  of  First  church, 
one  of  the  founders  of,  president  of  and  professor  in  the 
College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  president  and  profes- 
sor the  Chicago  Clinical  School,  president  the  West  Side 
Hospital,  professor  Post  Graduate  Medical  School,  is  also 
vice-president  of  the  Chicago  Surgical  Society.  Dr.  Wil- 
liam T.  Montgomery  of  Evanston,  president  of  the  board 
of  trustees  of  the  Illinois  Charitable  Eye  and  Ear  In- 
firmary, oculist  and  aurist  to  Cook  County  Hospital  and 
professor  in  the  Woman's  Medical  College,  is  also  oculist 
to  the  Presbyterian  Hospital.  Dr.  Theodore  J.  Knudson, 
a  deacon  in  the  Forty-first  Street  church,  is  the  chief  sur- 
geon of  the  South  Side  Elevated  Railroad.  Dr.  John 
Leeming,  president  of  the  Men's  club  of  the  same  church 

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is  chief  surgeon  of  the  Chicago  City  Railway.  Dr.  Robert 
D.  Mac  Arthur  is  vice-president  of  the  Chicago  Clinical 
Hospital.  Dr.  Frank  S.  Johnson,  an  elder  and  trustee 
in  Second  church,  is  emeritus  dean  and  professor  of 
Medicine  in  North-Western  University  and  is  con- 
sulting physician  of  the  Woman's  Hospital  and  Mercy 
Hospital.  Dr.  Arthur  D.  Bevan,  a  member  of  the 
Second  church  and  for  some  time  president  of  the 
Presbyterian  Hospital,  is  a  professor  in  Rush  Medical 
college  and  professorial  lecturer  on  surgery,  University 
of  Chicago. 

Dr.  E.  Wyllis  Andrews,  another  Second  church  member, 
has  been  a  professor  in  surgery  in  North-Western  Uni- 
versity since  1883,  and  United  States  Surgeon,  Bureau  of 
Pensions,  since  1889,  is  author  of  "Surgery  of  the  Stomach" 
as  well  as  other  important  works  and  is  president  of  the 
Chicago  Surgical  Society.  Dr.  Walter  H.  Allport  of  the 
Fourth  church,  is  assistant  chief  surgeon  of  the  Illinois 
Central  Railroad  and  surgeon  St.  Luke's  Hospital.  Dr. 
Frank  Allport,  one  of  the  leading  Eye  and  Ear  surgeons  in 
Chicago,  is  a  professor  in  North-Western  University, 
Eye  and  Ear  surgeon  in  St.  Luke's  and  Wesley  Hospitals 
and  consulting  Eye  and  Ear  surgeon  to  Chicago  Board  of 
Education,  C.  &  N.  W.  Ry.  and  C.  &  E.  I.  Ry.  Dr. 
William  M.  Harsha  of  the  Forty-first  Street  church,  is 
professor  of  operative  and  clinical  surgery  in  the  College 
of  Physicians  and  Surgeons.  Dr.  Henry  W.  Gentles  of 
Hyde  Park  is  professor  of  general  medicine  in  the  Post- 

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Graduate  Medical  School  and  trustee  of  the  Chicago 
Hospital.  Dr.  Philip  P.  S.  Doane,  attending  surgeon 
Cook  County  Hospital,  assistant  in  surgery,  Rush  Medical 
College,  an  author  on  surgical  subjects,  is  another  north 
side  Presbyterian  surgeon.  Dr.  William  Cuthbertson 
of  the  Forty-first  Street  church  has  been  attending  gyne- 
cologist of  St.  Luke's  Hospital  for  years,  and  is  chief  ex- 
aminer of  the  Massachusetts  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Co. 
Dr.  Samuel  P.  Hedges,  perhaps  the  leading  Homeopath 
in  Chicago,  captain  in  the  ii2th  Regiment  New  York 
Volunteer  Infantry  and  a  practitioner  in  Chicago  since  1867, 
professor  in  the  Chicago  Homeo.  Medical  College,  attend- 
ing and  consulting  physician  of  Chicago  Nursery  and 
Half  Orphan  Asylum,  has  been  an  elder  in  the  church 
since  1868  and  is  now  in  the  Buena  Memorial  church. 
Dr.  E.  lies  Kerlin,  another  elder  of  the  Buena  church, 
and  for  years  one  of  the  pillars  in  the  church  of  the  Cove- 
nant, is  one  of  the  most  highly  esteemed  physicians  and 
surgeons  on  the  north  side.  Dr.  Arthur  H.  Reading,  of 
the  Woodlawn  Park  church,  is  district  county  physician,  is 
professor  of  diseases  of  chest,  throat  and  nose  in  the 
American  College  of  Medicine  and  Surgery,  and  is  presi- 
dent of  Chicago  Eclectic  Medical  and  Surgical  Society. 
Dr.  L.  N.  Barlow,  one  of  the  founders  and  directors  of  the 
People's  Hospital  Training  School  for  Nurses  is  in 
the  Forty-first  Street  church.  Dr.  R.  N.  Isham  is  in  the 
Fourth  church.  Dr.  G.  P.  Head,  director  and  professor 
of  Ear,  Nose  and  Throat  Diseases  in  Chicago  Post-Gradu- 

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ate  Medical  College,  an  editor  of  the  year  book  on  the 
Nose,  Throat  and  Ear,  is  a  west  side  physician  of  promi- 
nence. Dr.  John  C.  Warbrick,  instructor  in  Medicine, 
College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  Naturalist,  Orni- 
thologist, is  also  a  contributor  to  various  medical  and 
literary  journals.  Dr.  John  A.  Robison,  secretary  of  the 
Medical  Board  of  the  Presbyterian  Hospital  and  on 
the  staff  from  its  inception,  is  consulting  physician  of  the 
Mary  Thompson  Hospital.  Dr.  Nathan  P.  Colwell,  as- 
sistant in  Diseases  of  Chest,  Nose  and  Throat,  Rush 
Medical  College,  and  assistant  to  the  deans  of  the  same 
institution  the  past  few  years,  is  a'specialist  of  prominence 
in  this  particular  line.  Dr.  William  L.  Copeland,  another 
west  side  Presbyterian,  is  the  professor  of  Anatomy  in  the 
College  of  Dental  Surgery.  Dr.  Stephen  W.  Cox  of  the 
Third  church,  has  been  connected  prominently  with  many 
Chicago  institutions  and  is  now  surgeon-in-chief  of  St. 
Stephen's  Sanitarium.  Dr.  Charles  H.  Grain,  an  elder 
in  the  Woodlawn  Park  church  and  teacher  of  the  Young 
Women's  Bible  Class  there,  is  assistant  in  Ophthalmology, 
Chicago  Eye,  Ear,  Nose  and  Throat  College.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  the  firm  of  Grain  Bros.,  wholesale  dealers 
in  drugs,  chemicals,  paints  and  oils.  Dr.  Truman  W. 
Brophy,  one  of  the  best  known  men  in  the  dental  profes- 
sion, is  in  the  Third  Presbyterian  church,  while  Dr.  James 
O.  Ely,  another  dentist  of  equal  prominence,  is  a  North 
Shore  Presbyterian.  There  are  three  prominent  Presby- 
terian opticians  who  should  be  mentioned  here,  First, 

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Mr.  Aimer  Coe,  president  and  treasurer  of  the  concern 
bearing  his  name,  manufacturers  and  retailers  of  optical 
goods.  Mr.  Ernest  S.  Fowler  of  the  firm  E.  S.  &  W.  S. 
Fowler  is  in  the  First  church  of  Oak  Park  while  Mr. 
Arthur  R.  MacDougall,  president  of  the  optical  firm  of 
A.  R.  MacDougall  &  Co.,  is  in  the  Forty- first  Street 
church. 

Many  of  the  great  engineering  and  constructing  feats 
in  Chicago  have  been  and  are  daily  being  accomplished 
by  Presbyterians. 

Mr.  John  M.  Ewan,  president  the  John  M.  Ewan 
Construction  Company;  Mr.  Van  Wagenen  Ailing,  presi- 
Engineering  dent  °^  t^ie  Ailing  Construction  Company; 
and  construct-  Mr.  Frederick  C.  Austin,  president  The 

Ing  experts.         ,.  ..      .   .      ,     „  .  .      _ 

Municipal    Engineering    and    Constructing 

Company;  Mr.  William  E.  Dorwin,  vice-president  and 
general  manager  the  United  States  Engineering  &  Con- 
structing Company;  Mr.  David  Sloan  (a  trustee  in  Wood- 
lawn  Park  church),  chief  engineer  McArthur  Bros. 
Constructing  Company;  Mr.  Paul  Albert  Poppenhusen, 
president  the  Green  Engineering  Company;  Mr.  William 
Goldie,  president  Goldie  Bros.,  general  contractors;  Mr. 
Onward  Bates  (an  elder  and  trustee  in  the  Church  of  the 
Covenant),  president  the  Bates  &  Rogers  Construction 
Co. ;  Mr.  George  A.  Yuille,  president  Chicago  Engineering 
&  Construction  Company;  Mr.  Thomas  Rankin,  president 
and  Mr.  Dixon  C.  Williams,  vice-president  Chicago 
Building  and  Manufacturing  Company;  Mr.  John  W, 

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Alvord,  Hydraulic  and  Sanitary  Engineer;  Mr.  George 
Welsby  Scott  (a  trustee  in  Buena  Memorial  church), 
consulting  engineer,  and  Mr.  Samuel  G.  McMeen, 
electrical  engineer,  are  all  identified  with  the  church. 

As  aids  in  making  some  of  the  engineering  and  con- 
structing feats  possible,  Messrs  Thomas  P.  Phillips, 
president  and  William  E.  Phillips,  vice-president  and  gen- 
eral manager,  of  the  Dolese  &  Shepard  Company, 
quarrymen  and-  stone  contractors,  and  Mr.  Burton  H. 
Atwood,  president  of  the  Atwood- Davis  Sand  Company, 
should  be  mentioned. 

Of  those  Presbyterians  who  have  retired  from  business 
or  their  professional  life  there  are  some  who  are  still  the 
active  leaders  and  supporters  of  their  local 
me'SSnts.  churches.  Mr.  Watts  De  Gollyer,  a  re- 
tired varnish  manufacturer,  is  an  elder  in  the 
Riverside  church.  Mr.  Lucien  G.  Yoe,  a  retired  syrup 
manufacturer,  is  an  elder  in  the  Fourth  church,  although 
he  resides  in  Highland  Park,  Mr.  Caryl  Young,  founder 
of  the  once  indispensable  C.  Y.  Transfer  Company  (now 
the  Arthur  Dixon  Transfer  Company),  is  a  trustee  in  First 
church.  Mr.  George  E.  Purington,  a  retired  ship  chand- 
ler, is  an  elder  in  Fourth  church.  Mr.  Orrin  W.  Potter, 
for  years  president  of  the  Chicago  Rolling  Mill  Company, 
and  Mr.  W.  J.  Chalmers,  formerly  vice-president  of  the 
Allis-Chalmers  Company,  are  also  in  this  church.  Dr. 
Henry  P.  Merriman,  although  now  in  California,  has  been 
one  of  the  chief  supporters  of  the  Second  church  for  years. 

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The  capitalists  very  fittingly  conclude  this  brief  classi- 
fication. Practically  every  one  mentioned  is  a  director 
in  one  or  more  of  our  Chicago  banks;  many  of  them  di- 
rectors in  numerous  corporations;  some 
Capitalists.  have  had  much  to  do  with  the  shaping  of 
Chicago's  earlier  history,  and  to  them  is  due 
a  large  share  of  the  credit  of  Chicago's  present  condition. 
It  is  interesting  here  to  note  that  of  the  twenty-eight  to  be 
mentioned,  eight  of  them  are  in  the  First  church,  five  of 
them  in  the  Second,  one  in  the  Third  church,  Eight  in 
the  Fourth,  one  in  Lake  Forest,  one  in  Evanston  First, 
one  in  Sixth  church,  two  in  Forty-first  St.  church  and 
one  in  Buena  Memorial. 

The  First  church  men  are  Mr.  John  B.  Drake,  Jr.,  Mr. 
Tracy  Drake,  a  deacon,  Mr.  Ebenezer  Buckingham,  Mr. 
Charles  T.  Otis,  a  trustee,  Mr.  Philo  A.  Otis,  an  elder, 
director  of  the  music  in  the  church  for  twenty-five  years 
and  secretary  of  the  Theodore  Thomas  Orchestra,  Mr. 
George  H.  Laflin,  Mr.  Louis  E.  Laflin  and  Mr.  Charles 
B.  Shedd. 

In  the  Second  church  we  find  Mr.  Eugene  S.  Pike  (a 
trustee),  who  is  now  erecting  the  new  Mentor  Building 
at  the  corner  of  State  and  Monroe  Streets,  Mr.  Albert 
Keep,  formerly  president  of  the  Lake  Shore  and  Michigan 
Southern  Railway,  Mr.  Norman  B.  Ream,  said  to  be  a 
director  in  more  corporations  and  varied  industries  than 
any  other  Chicago  man,  Mr.  Charles  W.  ReQua,  and 
Mr.  James  R.  Walker,  a  trustee.  Mr.  Thomas  Templeton, 

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formerly  a  partner  in  Marshall  Field  &  Co.,  is  an  elder 
in  Third  church.  The  Fourth  church  is  represented  by 
Mr.  Albert  M.  Day,  Mr.  Abram  Poole,  Mr.  Charles  B. 
King,  president  of  the  Commercial  Safe  Deposit 
Company,  Mr.  James  C.  Peasley,  Mr.  Mark  S.  Willing, 
Mr.  H.  H.  Forsyth,  an  elder,  Mr.  D.  Mark  Cummings, 
and  Mr.  Moses  J.  Wentworth,  one  of  the  trustees 
of  the  church.  Mr.  Delevan  Smith,  owner  of  the 
Indianapolis  News  and  a  number  of  other  newspapers, 
one  of  the  controlling  factors  in  the  Oliver  Typewriter 
Co.,  and  formerly  president  of  the  board  of  trustees  of 
Lake  Forest  University,  is  in  the  Lake  Forest  church. 
Mr.  James  A.  Patten  a  trustee  and  president  of  the 
Men's  Club  of  the  First  church  of  Evanston,  still  a  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  of  Bartlett,  Frazier  &  Carrington,  has  built 
perhaps  more  of  the  large  manufacturing  buildings  in  the 
southern  portion  of  the  business  district  than  all  others 
put  together.  Mr.  Lafayette  McWilliams,  an  elder  in 
the  Sixth  church,  was  for  years  one  of  the  leading  part- 
ners of  Marshall  Field  &  Co.  Messrs.  Lincoln  M.  Coy, 
and  Alfred  C.  Tyler,  both  prominent  in  financial  circles, 
are  in  the  Forty-first  St.  church.  The  concluding  name 
is  that  of  Mr.  James  B.  Waller,  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
Buena  Memorial  church.  Mr.  Waller's  father  whose 
name  he  bears,  was  one  of  the  strongest  factors  in 
Chicago's  earlier  Presbyterianism.  It  is  only  natural 
therefore  that  Mrs.  Waller  should  have  wished 
that  her  memorial  for  her  husband  should  take 

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the  shape  of  a  Presbyterian  church  in  the  heart 
of  Buena  Park,  which  community  the  elder  Mr. 
Waller  founded. 

This  section  just  concluded  was  originally  intended  to 
be  merely  a  short  sketch  of  some  of  the  more  prominent 
men  in  the  city's  activities  who  are  identified  in  some  way 
with  the  Presbyterian  church.  The  plan  of  classifying 
them  in  any  respect  at  all  developed  as  the  facts  were 
written.  It  is  obvious  the  interior  of  the  book  could  not 
go  into  detail  as  to  the  church  connection  and  the  outside 
interests  of  all  of  the  540  Captains  of  Industry  and  profes- 
sional men  shown  in  the  index.  But  for  convenience  it 
may  be  said  here  that  of  the  374  men  mentioned  in 
the  preceding  twenty  sub-divisions  of  the  story,  61  are 
manufacturers  and  wholesale  merchants;  30  are  bankers; 
19  are  railroad  officials;  40  are  lawyers,  judges,  aldermen 
and  government  officials;  10  are  packers;  10  are  wholesale 
grocers;  14  are  lumbermen;  37  heads  of  varied  industries; 

10  well  known  retail  merchants;  12  newspapermen;  24 in- 
surance men;  6  architects;  10  La  Salle  Street  financiers; 

11  educators;  16  publishers,  printers,  stationers,  engravers, 
etc.;  34  physicians,  surgeons,  dentists  and  opticians;  13 
engineering  and  constructing  experts;    7    retired    mer- 
chants and  28  are  those  ordinarily  classified  as  capitalists.' 
This  can  only  mean  something  to  those  who  know  for 
what  the  men,  whose  names  are  mentioned,  stand.    To 
any  real  Chicagoan  it  means  much. 

A  study  of  the  index  reveals  even  more  interesting  facts: 

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of  the  540  included,  190  are  presidents  of  the  institu- 
tions named;  53  are  vice-presidents;  47  are  secretaries 
and  treasurers;  60  are  directors  and  70  are  owners 
thereof.  But  it  should  be  remembered  these  presidents, 
directors,  owners,  etc,  may  represent  five  times  as 
many  enterprises  as  these  figures  would  indicate.  Some 
are  interested  in  only  the  one  line  of  business  re- 
ferred to.  Many  are  owners,  directors  or  leaders  in  from 
five  to  ten,  while  several  are  in  as  many  as  twenty-five 
different  concerns  or  corporations.  Of  these, 

deductions  2I^  are  omcers  in  tne  church — 115  being 
elders,  88  trustees  and  15  deacons.  About 
185  (over,  I  think)  of  these  men  are  officers,  directors 
or  trustees  in  the  various  charities,  philanthropies  and 
outside  agencies  calculated  to  up-lift  manhood,  which  are 
mentioned  on  pages  85,  86  and  87 ;  106  are  in  only  one;  45 
in  two;  15  in  three;  12  in  four;  5  in  five  and  2  in  six.  From 
the  figures  and  the  fact  that  these  540  of  Chicago's 
most  representative  citizens  are  identified  with  the 
church,  does  it  not  bear  out  the  statement  recently  made, 
by  my  friend,  Mr.  Lloyd  E.  Harter,  president  of  the 
Young  Men's  Congregational  Union  of  Chicago,  one 
of  the  most  vital  agencies  for  good  the  city  possesses, 
to  the  effect  that,  "with  rare  exceptions,  no  man  who 
amounts  to  anything  in  the  way  of  real  business  success; 
who  has  really  built  up  a  business  and  a  reputation  that 
will  endure  throughout  the  coming  years;  who  holds  the 
genuine  respect  and  confidence  of  his  fellowmen,  is  with- 

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out  some  outside  interest  which  has  for  its  purpose  the 
up-lifting  of  manhood  and  the  bettering  of  the  condition 
of  the  suffering  in  our  city."  Is  this  so?  Are  we  all  un- 
selfishly interested  in  something  outside  our  fearful  race 
for  money,  for  social  standing  and  a  big  name  in  the 
community  ? 

Although  comparatively  a  young  organization,  it  is  con- 
fidently believed  the  Young  Men's  Presbyterian  Union  of 
Chicago  has  done  and  is  doing  much  to  develop  and 
Young  Men's  strengthen  the  Presbyterian  forces  of  this 

Presbyterian      great  ^  Qf  QU^      ^  how  ^  .^  ^  M 

of  Chicago.  filled  its  mission — just  how  much  good  it  has 
really  done,  remains  to  be  seen.  This  much  may  be  said 
in  its  favor,  however,  it  has  gradually  brought  the  men  of 
the  various  local  churches  together  in  such  a  natural  and 
friendly  manner  that  they  are  looking  at  the  larger  prob- 
lems of  the  church  in  the  city  in  a  way  that  forecasts  bright 
things  for  the  future.  The  broad  Christian  fellowship 
that  now  exists  between  some  1 200  of  the  nearly  5000  men 
enrolled  in  the  men's  organizations  within  the  Presbytery 
of  Chicago  is  a  direct  outgrowth  of  the  steady  and  per- 
sistent determination  on  the  part  of  the  Union  to  help  the 
church  see  its  great  opportunity  and  make  the  most  of  it. 
The  condition  of  the  work  for  men  in  many  of  the  churches 
is  far  from  ideal  but  most  of  them  are  doing  something 
and  it  will  be  recalled  there  were  only  two  strong 
organizations  for  men  in  the  Presbytery  less  than  ten 
years  ago. 

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How  large  a  factor  the  Chicago  Union  has  been  in  the 
newly  organized  Presbyterian  Brotherhood  can  only  be 
imagined.  Chicago  lays  no  claim  to  the  introduction  at 

the  General  Assembly  of  1905  of  the  overture 
Brotherhood.  ^or  ^e  larger  movement  for  men  throughout 

the  church.  That  came  by  way  of  Ohio — 
from  Rev.  R.  R.  Bigger,  Ph.D.,  pastor  of  the  First  church 
of  Massillon,  to  be  definite.  But  Chicago  men  are 
mightily  interested  in  the  Brotherhood  and  mean  to 
make  it  something  worth  while  if  they  can.  Already 
the  plans  provide  for  a  re-organization  of  the  Young  Men's 
Union  so  that  a  place  will  be  made  for  all  Presbyterian 
men  in  its  various  activities.  There  is  every  reason  to 
believe  that,  in  due  time,  they  will  largely  come  in  and 
then  the  fondest  expectations  of  the  Pioneer  Presbyterians 
and  the  foundation  layers  of  Chicago  may  come  to  pass. 
other  With  the  Presbyterian  men  lined  up  in  ear- 

denominations  nest;  with  the  Congregationalists  already 

organizing.  •        3  e.    •*.  r 

close  up  to  us  in  denmteness  of  purpose 
and  organization;  with  the  Episcopalians  in  march- 
ing order;  the  Baptists  planning;  the  Lutherans 
even  beyond  that  point  and  the  Methodists  surely 
thinking — well,  why  isn't  Chicago  ready  for  the 
final  conflict  with  the  forces  of  evil  that  have  so 
long  hampered  us,  so  tarnished  our  otherwise  clean 
name,  and  given  us  the  reputation  we  have  in  other 
parts  of  the  land? 
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Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 

of  the  real  facts  of  Chicago  life  may  not  appeal  to  many. 
They  ought  to  set  most  people  thinking.  It  is  very  certain 
the  people  of  the  world  who  make  no  professions  what- 
ever, who  do  not  rent  pews  in  the  church  and  thus  consider 
their  religious  duties  discharged,  or  who  do  not  even  care 
whether  their  wives  are  in  the  church  and  their  children 
in  the  Sunday  school,  will  have  reason  to  ask  some  ques- 
tions— trying  to  reconcile  some  everyday  occurrences  with 
the  Christian  professions  and  wondering  whether  Chris- 
tians are  really  in  earnest  or  not.  They  will  see  there  are 
many  mentioned  with  whom  they  associate  daily  who 
differ  in  no  way  from  those  who  make  no  professions  at 
all.  But  the  saddest  thing  will  be  the  absolute  denial 
of  Christ  by  many  of  our  leading  business  men  when  some 
unbelieving  man  or  some  shallow  society  woman  jeers 
at  the  Christian  religion,  or  when  some  doubter  raises  a 
question  about  the  Bible  and  the  divinity  of  Christ. 
Surely  above  all,  this  should  make  professing  Christians 
deeply  thoughtful  when  we  realize  that  we  may  be  stand- 
ing as  a  positive  barrier  in  the  Christianizing  and 
purifying  of  our  city  because  of  our  inconsistency  or 
apathy. 


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McCORMICK  THEOLOGICAL   SEMINARY 
BY  PRESIDENT  JAMES  G.  K.  MCCLURE,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

McCormick  Theological  Seminary  is  situated  at  the 
very  heart  of  the  human  needs  of  a  great  city.  Its  history 
has  kept  pace  with  the  recognition  of  the  social  conditions 
of  mankind.  The  seminary  originated  in  the  purpose  of 
the  nine  ministers  who  constituted  the  Presbytery  of 
Salem  (that  Presbytery  embraced  almost  the  entire  state 
of  Indiana  and  much  of  Illinois)  to  establish  in  their 
territory  a  collegiate  and  theological  school.  It  was  in 
January,  1827,  in  a  log  loom-house  at  Hanover,  Indiana, 
that  a  grammar  school  was  opened  with  six  boys  in  at- 
tendance. This  little  school,  solemnly  dedicated  to  Al- 
mighty God  as  a  nursery  for  the  ministry,  was  the  nucleus 
both  of  Hanover  College  and  of  the  Indiana  Theological 
Seminary,  as  McCormick  Theological  Seminary  was  then 
called. 

In  due  time  the  seminary  department  passed  from  the 
village  of  Hanover  to  the  city  of  New  Albany,  Indiana, 
where  by  reason  of  the  greater  population,  there  was 
larger  opportunity  for  acquaintance  with  the  experiences 
of  humanity.  Still  later,  through  the  offer  of  Mr.  Cyrus 
H.  McCormick  to  donate  an  endowment  fund  the  semi- 
nary was  removed  from  the  comparatively  small  city  to 
the  thickly  settled  city  of  Chicago. 

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In  entering  upon  its  connection  with  the  multitudes  of 
this  rapidly  growing  city  the  seminary  saw  fit  to  place  it- 
self near  the  outskirts,  and  on  what  was  then  open  prairie 
erected  its  first  buildings.  But  the  seminary  was  not  to 
dwell  apart  from  the  lives  of  a  populous  community,  for 
little  by  little  the  city  planted  its  dwellings  and  homes 
close  to  the  seminary  until  now  the  students  who  reside 
within  its  halls  find  themselves,  not  in  reclused  retirement, 
but  in  actual  contact  with  the  joys  and  sorrows,  the  weal 
and  woe  of  humanity. 

Earnestness  of  spiritual  life  has  characterized  the  work 
of  the  seminary  from  its  inception.  While  it  has  always 
sought,  and  to-day  continues  to  seek,  scholastic  develop- 
ment, that  scholastic  development  is  sought,  not  as  an  end, 
but  as  a  means.  Those  who  constitute  its  faculty  desire 
its  student  body  to  be  composed  of  as  bright  minds  as 
they  can  find;  and  they  desire  to  inculcate  in  such  minds 
the  clearest  possible  thinking  and  to  impart  to  such  minds 
the  most  accurate  information.  They  believe  that  the 
Gospel  can  only  be  preached  worthily  as  men  bring  to  it 
trained  intellects,  but  they  never  intend  that  the  training 
of  the  intellect  shall  interfere  with,  but  rather  stimulate, 
spirituality  of  life,  ardor  of  purpose,  and  adaptation  of  ef- 
fort. The  seminary  holds  that  there  is  no  greater  need  in  the 
world  to-day  than  the  need  for  consecrated  men  who  lay  all 
their  talents  at  the  feet  of  Christ,  and  then  go  forth  with  lov- 
ing devotion  to  the  hearts  of  men,  to  be  the  unselfish  friends 
of  their  fellows  and  to  be  persuasive  prophets  of  God. 

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The  seminary  stands  for  profound  convictions.  It 
holds  to  the  infallibility  of  the  Bible  as  the  teacher  of  life's 
meaning  and  the  interpreter  of  God  to  man.  It  intends 
to  keep  abreast  of  all  the  discussions  of  the  age  and  it 
places  at  the  disposal  of  its  instructors  the  latest  literature 
and  places  also  at  their  disposal  opportunities  for  travel 
upon  the  continent  and  in  the  lands  of  the  Bible. 

In  this  union  of  earnestness  and  scholarship  lies  the 
hope  of  the  seminary.  It  exalts  every  sphere  of  evan- 
gelistic effort.  Its  students  are  connected  with  missionary 
operations  in  the  Churches  and  Institutional  Associations 
of  Chicago.  They  respond,  as  fully  as  faithful  attendance 
to  their  studies  will  allow,  to  the  opportunities  for  help- 
fulness that  confront  them  in  their  environment.  It  is 
intended  that  when  they  graduate  and  pass  out  to  their 
respective  spheres  of  labor  each  man  of  them  shall  carry 
with  him  acquaintance  with  humanity  as  it  is,  as  well  as 
carry  with  him  the  heart  of  love  and  abiding  confidence 
in  the  Gospel. 

The  graduates  of  the  seminary  are  scattered  every- 
where throughout  America.  They  occupy  influential 
pulpits  both  along  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  coasts. 
In  village,  town  and  city  between  these  coasts  they 
are  doing  a  work  that  helps  and  blesses  and 
glorifies  humanity.  And  beyond  the  seas,  in  all 
the  mission  stations  of  our  church,  China,  Japan, 
Africa,  India,  Korea,  Chile,  and  other  countries  they 
are  living  lives  of  exemplary  piety,  are  contributing 

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to  the  succor  of  mankind  and  are  glorifying  their  Lord 
and  Redeemer,  Jesus  Christ. 

(NOTE:  The  Seminary  is  located  on  North  Halsted  Street, 
Belden  to  Fullerton  Avenues.  It  may  be  reached  by  the  North- 
Western  Elevated  Railroad  to  Fullerton  Avenue  Station,  or  by 
the  North  Halsted  or  Lincoln  Avenue  surface  cars.) 


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LAKE  FOREST  COLLEGE 
BY  ACTING  PRESIDENT  JOHN  J.  HALSEY,  LL.D. 

In  1855  the  Rev.  Dr.  Robert  W.  Patterson,  Enos  Ayers, 
Amzi  Benedict,  William  Blair,  William  Bross,  S.  L. 
Brown,  T.  B.  Carter,  Thomas  R.  Clarke,  Rev.  Dr.  Harvey 
Curtis,  Calvin  DeWolf,  C.  B.  Farwell,  Peter  Gage,  John 
High,  Jr.,  D.  R.  Holt,  S.  J.  Learned,  Sylvester  Lind, 
Hiram  F.  Mather,  Claudius  B.  Nelson,  Dr.  Charles  H. 
Quinlan,  Benjamin  W.  Raymond,  Franklin  Ripley,  Jr., 
Horatio  G.  Shumway,  Mark  Skinner,  C.  R.  Starkweather, 
S.  D.  Ward,  Rev.  Ira  M.  Weed,  Jesse  C.  Williams, 
and  Peter  L.  Yoe,  prominent  citizens  of  Chicago 
and  vicinity,  conceived  the  idea  of  establishing  an 
educational  institution  that  should  be  near  to  Chicago 
and  yet  retain  always  the  great  advantages  of  a  situation 
in  the  country. 

In  February,  1856,  they  organized  the  "Lake  Forest  As- 
sociation," and  purchased  thirteen  hundred  acres  of  land 
twenty-eight  miles  from  Chicago  on  the  bluffs  of  Lake 
Michigan.  Half  of  this  land  was  permanently  set 
apart  as  association  property,  and  the  plat  of  the 
town  of  Lake  Forest  was  recorded  July  23rd,  1857, 
every  alternate  lot  being  assigned  for  a  university 
endowment,  and  sixty-two  acres  were  set  apart  as  an 
inalienable  campus. 

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The  State  Legislature  on  February  I3th,  1857,  granted 
a  charter  for  the  proposed  institution  under  the  title  of 
Lind  University.  In  1865  an  act  of  the  legislature  changed 
the  name  to  Lake  Forest  University. 

In  the  fall  of  1858  the  first  step  was  taken,  under  the 
charter,  in  the  establishment  of  Lake  Forest  Academy  as 
a  preparatory  school  for  boys.  A  similar  school  for  girls 
was  established  in  1869,  by  means  of  a  $35,000  legacy 
from  the  Rev.  William  Montague  Ferry  of  Grand  Haven, 
Michigan,  and  it  was  named,  in  his  honor,  Ferry  Hall. 

On  September  7th,  1876,  instruction  began  with  the 
first  class  entered  in  Lake  Forest  college,  containing  eight 
young  men  and  four  young  women.  At  that  time  there 
was  no  collegiate  institution  of  high  grade,  not  under 
state  control,  in  which  a  woman  could  obtain  an  educa- 
tion such  as  men  were  offered.  Lake  Forest  college 
was  intended  to  supply  this  lack,  through  co-education, 
accepting  a  condition  of  things  already  created  by  nature, 
and  looking  forward  to  better  results  for  both  men  and 
women  in  an  education  pursued  together. 

The  college  campus  consists  of  nearly  fifty  acres  of 
beautiful  forest  land  in  the  center  of  Lake  Forest,  and  is 
intersected  by  a  large  ravine,  and  bounded  on  two  sides 
by  others.  The  larger  area  contains  two  dormitories  for 
men,  a  thoroughly  equipped  gymnasium,  a  college  com- 
mons and  the  beautiful  memorial  buildings  of  the  Reid 
family — the  Lily  Reid  Holt  Chapel,  and  the  Arthur 
Somerville  Reid  Library.  The  smaller  section  of  the 

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campus  contains  the  fine  dormitory  for  women — Lois 
Durand  Hall — the  H.  C.  Durand  auditorium,  and  the  most 
useful  Alice  Home  Hospital.  Farwell  Field,  at  some 
little  distance,  is  devoted  to  athletics.  The  academy 
and  Ferry  hall  each  has  its  own  group  of  commodious 
buildings  on  its  own  reservation  of  the  original  campus. 
A  new  dormitory  for  men,  costing  $30,000,  is  in  process  of 
erection,  and  a  large  college  commons,  costing  nearly  as 
much,  has  been  provided  for,  while  $30,000  toward  a 
science  hall  has  been  secured.  The  college  library  con- 
tains 21,000  volumes. 

The  presidents  of  Lake  Forest  have  been  : 

Rev.  Robert  W.  Patterson,  D.D.,  1875-1878. 

John  H.  Hewitt,  LL.D.   acting  president,  1878. 

Rev.  Daniel  S.  Gregory,  D.D.,  1878-1886. 

Rev.  William  C.  Roberts,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  1886-1892. 

Rev.  James  G.  K.  McClure,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  (pro  tempore) 
1892-1893. 

John  M.  Coulter,  Ph.D.,  1893-1896. 

John  J.  Halsey,  LL.D.  (acting-president),  1896-1897. 

Rev.  James  G.  K.  McClure,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  1897-1901. 

Rev.  Richard  D.  Harlan,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  1901-1906. 

John  J.  Halsey,  LL.D.  (acting- president),  1906- 

Lake  Forest  is  admirably  located  under  its  trees  and 
along  its  ravines  between  the  great  prairie  and  the  great 
lake.  It  is  sufficiently  removed  from  the  neighboring 
city  to  avoid  its  temptations  and  near  enough  to  enjoy  its 
advantages.  It  lies  in  the  midst  of  a  community  of  re- 

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finement  and  culture  whose  influence  for  social  education  * 
is  felt,  through  mere  residence  in  such  a  place.  The 
charter  of  the  town,  granted  nearly  half  a  century  ago,  has 
eliminated  the  open  saloon  from  the  place,  and  in  many 
ways  the  environment  is  an  ideal  one  for  the  education  of 
young  men  and  young  women.  The  college  is  satisfied 
to  remain  a  small  one,  through  the  recognition  of  the  op- 
portunity that  comes,  in  such  an  institution,  for  personal 
work  and  personal  influence,  resulting  in  the  building  of 
character  as  well  as  of  brain — the  making  of  men  as  well 
as  of  thinkers. 

Lake  Forest  is  broadly  and  generously  Presbyterian, 
in  so  far  as  that  denomination  stands  for  the  working  out 
of  Christianity  in  broad  culture  and  noble  conduct.  It  is 
in  no  sense  a  sectarian  institution.  Its  graduates,  nearly 
four  hundred  in  number,  have  been  drawn  from  the  white, 
the  black  and  the  yellow  races.  Every  evangelical  de- 
nomination has  given  its  quota,  and  the  Church  of  Rome, 
and  the  race  of  Israel  have  helped  to  swell  the  numbers. 
Not  a  few  distinguished  men  and  women  are  on  this  roll 
of  honor,  but,  while  Lake  Forest  is  proud  of  these,  she  takes 
deep  satisfaction  in  the  knowledge  that  in  nearly  every 
profession  and  occupation  that  calls  for  skill  and  energy, 
her  sons  and  her  daughters  are  nearly  every  one  contribut- 
ing to  the  progress  of  the  communities  in  which  they  live. 

(NOTE:  Lake  Forest  College  is  located  at  Lake  Forest,  111.,  twenty- 
eight  miles  north  of  Chicago  on  the  Chicago  &  North- Western  Ry.  It 
may  also  be  reached  by  the  trolley  cars  of  the  Chicago  &  Milwaukee 
Electric  Ry.) 

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THE  PRESBYTERIAN  HOSPITAL  OF  THE 

CITY  OF   CHICAGO 
Bv  ALBERT  M.  DAY,  PRESIDENT 

The  Presbyterian  Hospital  was  organized  December 
1 3th,  1883.  The  following  gentlemen  were  present  at 
the  meeting: 

Henry  W.  King,  William  Blair,  Henry  Waller,  Joseph 
P.  Ross,  R.  C.  Hamill,  D.  K.  Pearsons,  H.  M.  Lyman, 
Willis  G.  Craig,  George  W.  Hale,  James  M.  Horton  and 
W.  A.  Douglass.  The  following  officers  were  elected: 

President,  Daniel  K.  Pearsons;  vice-president,  Charles 
M.  Henderson;  treasurer,  George  W.  Hale;  corresponding 
secretary,  C.  H.  McCormick,  Jr. ;  recording  secretary,  W. 
A.  Douglass. 

At  that  time  there  were  but  1,749  beds  in  all  hospitals 
in  this  city.  The  first  hospital  erected  is  now  known  as 
the  Ross-Hamill  Building,  and  had  a  capacity  of  eighty 
beds. 

Although  inaugurated  and  still  conducted  as  a  Presby- 
terian Hospital,  it  is  denominational  only  in  name.  Its 
doors  have  always  been  wide  open  to  people  of  every 
name,  race  and  religion. 

At  present  the  hospital  has  a  capacity  of  two  hundred 
and  thirty-five  beds.  During  a  great  portion  of  the  year 
every  bed  is  full.  For  eight  months  in  the  year  there  is 

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hardly  a  day  that  many  patients  are  not  turned  away  for 
lack  of  room  to  care  for  them. 

There  is  in  connection  with  the  hospital  a  training 
school  for  nurses,  which  has  been  in  existence  over  three 
years,  the  first  class  from  which  graduated  last  April.  The 
course  of  this  training  school  is  three  and  one-half  years, 
which  is  the  longest  course  given  by  any  school  in  the 
country  conducted  by  a  general  hospital.  The  require- 
ments for  applicants  are  of  the  highest  standard,  and  the 
course  is  as  thorough  as  that  of  any  training  school  in  the 
country.  Its  pupils  have  the  advantage  of  lectures  from 
the  very  strong  staff  of  the  Rush  Medical  College.  Every 
effort  is  made  to  educate  and  train  the  pupils  so  that  when 
they  graduate,  they  shall  be  equipped  in  the  best  possible 
manner  in  every  branch  of  their  profession.  This  train- 
ing school  is  a  great  educational  institution,  and  as  such 
is  entitled  to  the  hearty  support  of  all  who  are  interested 
in  educational  matters. 

For  something  over  a  year  past,  a  subscription  commit- 
tee from  the  board  of  managers  has  been  engaged  in  an 
effort  to  raise  a  sufficient  amount  of  money  to  erect  a 
private  pavilion,  to  rebuild  the  first  building  known  as 
the  Ross-Hamill  Building,  and  to  thoroughly  repair  the 
Jones  Building.  $400,000.00  has  been  raised.  From 
this  amount  $25,000.00  has  been  given  to  thoroughly 
equip  the  Jones  Building.  It  is  now  in  perfect  order. 

The  hospital  revenues  have  been  insufficient  for  its 
maintenance  for  a  number  of  years  past,  and  the  result 

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has  been  a  slowly  increasing  debt  from  year  to  year.  A 
part  of  this  has  been  occasioned  by  the  cost  of  the  Training 
School,  which  must  always  require  a  considerable  out- 
lay. It  is  an  educational  institution;  it  has  no  means  of 
revenue;  and  there  will  always  be  a  deficit  in  its  manage- 
ment. The  debt  arising  from  these  different  sources, 
and  running  for  some  years,  amounted  to  $65,00.000, 
which  debt  has  now  been  paid.  There  remains  $3 10,000.00. 
With  this,  a  private  pavilion  will  be  commenced  at  an 
early  date,  which  is  expected  to  cost  in  the  neighbor- 
hood of  $250,000.00.  We  expect  a  revenue  from  this 
building  of  not  less  than  $15,000.00  a  year,  which  amount 
will  go  to  the  general  revenues  of  the  hospital,  and  enable 
us  to  increase  our  free  work. 

The  entire  income  from  endowment  funds  and  all  do- 
nations last  year  was  $32,823.31.  Charity  work,  free  and 
partly  paid,  cost  the  hospital  $52,609.54.  Every  dollar 
that  the  hospital  received  from  the  public  and  $20,000.00 
additional  was  given  away  in  charity  work.  Our  endow- 
ment has  never  been  commensurate  with  our  work.  But 
year  by  year  the  revenue  from  it  has  declined  with  the  de- 
crease in  interest  return.  The  operating  expenses  have 
in  the  same  time  steadily  increased  with  the  enhanced 
cost  of  labor,  food  and  all  materials  required  and  used. 
The  opportunity  for  usefulness  was  never  greater.  There 
is  a  constantly  increasing  demand  on  us  for  the  care  of 
the  sick  and  disabled.  The  needs  and  claims  of  such 
people  appeal  to  us  strongly.  The  Presbyterians  of  this  city 

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and  vicinity,  should  feel  greatly  increased  interest,  and 
manifest  it  by  a  more  generous  financial  response,  to  enable 
us  to  care  for  those  who  are  so  eager  to  come  to  us  for  help. 

The  utmost  care  is  used  in  every  expense,  and  our  funds 
are  administered  with  every  regard  for  economy  that  is 
consistent  with  a  proper  service.  The  expenses  during 
our  present  fiscal  year,  commencing  April  ist,  are  within 
our  income,  and  the  hospital  is  being  run  without  debt, 
including  the  cost  of  maintaining  the  Training  School. 

It  is  imperative  that  the  Ross-Hamill  Building  should 
be  torn  down  and  rebuilt,  and  to  do  this  we  need  to  in- 
crease the  building  fund  already  mentioned  by  at  least 
$100,000.00.  If  this  amount  can  be  obtained,  the  hos- 
pital will  be  thoroughly  equipped  and  capable  of  doing 
the  best  grade  of  work  and  caring  for  a  large  number  of 
charity  patients. 

Outside  of  private  rooms,  there  is  not  a  bed  in  our  hos- 
pital which  does  not  cost  more  to  maintain  than  the  rev- 
enues received  from  it.  Our  ward  price  is  $8.75  per  week; 
in  small  wards  of  three  or  four  beds,  $12.25  Per  week. 
We  take  patients  who  are  properly  vouched  for  on  what 
they  can  afford  to  pay,  as  low  as  $2.50  per  week  in  rare 
cases.  This,  in  addition  to  that  part  of  our  work  which 
is  absolutely  free.  The  cost  to  us  is  something  in  excess 
of  $14.00  per  week. 

During  the  past  year  the  number  of  patients  admitted 
was  3,063.  The  hospital  is  always  open  for  visitors,  and 
nothing  would  please  the  management  better  than  to  have 

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examinations  made  at  any  and  all  times  of  the  work  which 
is  being  done  here. 

We  are  sadly  cramped  for  funds.  It  is  impossible  to  do 
the  charity  work  which  is  pressing  upon  us,  and  which  we 
are  anxious  to  do,  unless  our  income  is  largely  increased. 
This  Presbyterian  hospital  is  a  direct  responsibility  of  the 
Presbyterians  of  this  city  and  it  is  a  responsibility  which 
has  not  been  fully  met  in  the  past,  and  which  we  hope  will 
receive  more  generous  attention  in  the  future.  The  fol- 
lowing are  the  names  of  the  Board  of  Managers  at  the 
present  time : 

Edward  T.  Blair.  John  B.  Lord. 

F.  H.  Rawson.  Albert  A.  Sprague. 

Thomas  Templeton.  William  A.  Douglass. 

Edward  A.  Halsey.  Charles  L.  Hutchinson. 

Thomas  Kane.  Eugene  S.  Pike. 

Joseph  F.  Titus.  Thomas  Dent. 

Albert  B.  Dick.  Henry  C.  Durand. 

N.  B.  Holden.  Everett  Sisson. 

Albert  M.  Day.  James  B.  Forgan. 

Ernest  A.  Hamill.  David  B.  Jones. 

Byron  L.  Smith.  Arthur  D.  Wheeler. 

Managers  Ex-Officio: 

Rev.  William  J.  McCaughan,  D.D. 
Rev.  William  Robson  Notman,  D.D. 
Rev.  John  A.  Morison,  Ph.D. 
Rev.  John  Balcom  Shaw,  D.D. 

(NOTE:  The  Presbyterian  Hospital  is  located  on  the  West  Side  at 
the  corner  of  Congress  and  Wood  Streets.  It  is  most  convenient  to  the 
Harrison  Street  trolley  cars  and  may  be  reached  by  the  Metropolitan 
Elevated  Railroad  to  Marshfield  Avenue  Station.) 

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ORGANIZATIONS,   INSTITUTIONS, 
SOCIETIES,  ETC. 

HAVING    PRESBYTERIAN    OFFICERS,    TRUSTEES    OR    DIRECTORS,    OR 

WHICH   ARE   IN   WHOLE    OR   IN    PART   SUPPORTED 

BY   PRESBYTERIANS. 

0.  American  Bible  League. 

1.  American  Bible  Society. 

1J.  American  Home  Finding  Association. 

2.  American  National  Red  Cross — Illinois  Branch. 
2J.  American  Sunday  School  Union. 

3.  American  Tract  Society. 
3$.  Amateur  Musical  Club. 

4.  Anti-Cruelty  Societies. 

5.  Apollo  Musical  Club. 

6.  Armour  Institute  of  Technology. 

7.  Art  Institute  of  Chicago. 

8.  Association  House. 

9.  Bereans.     (Christian  Printers  Association.) 

10.  Chicago  Academy  of  Sciences. 

11.  Chicago  Anti-Cigarette  League. 

12.  Chicago  Bible  Society. 

13.  Chicago  Boy's  Club. 

14.  Chicago  Bureau  of  Charities. 

15.  Chicago  Charity  Hospital. 

16.  Chicago  Commons  Association. 

17.  Chicago  Flower  Mission. 

17J.  Chicago  Free  Kindergarten  Training  School. 

18.  Chicago  Historical  Society. 

19.  Chicago  Home  for  Convalescent  Women  and  Children. 

20.  Chicago  Home  for  the  Friendless. 

21.  Chicago  Home  for  Incurables. 

21  $.  Chicago  Institute  of  Social  Science. 

22.  Chicago  Law  and  Order  League. 

23.  Chicago  Lying-in  Hospital  and  Dispensary. 

24.  Chicago  Nursery  and  Half -Orphan  Asylum. 

25.  Chicago  Orphan  Asylum. 

26.  Chicago  Polyclinic  Hospital. 

27.  Chicago  Refuge  for  Girls. 

28.  Chicago  Relief  and  Aid  Society. 

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29.  Chicago  Tract  Society. 

30.  Chicago  Union  Hospital. 

31.  Children's  Hospital  Society. 

31 J.  Citizens'  Association  of  Chicago. 

32.  Citizen's  League  of  Chicago. 

33.  Citizens  Street  Cleaning  Bureau. 
33J.  City  Club. 

34.  Civic  Federation  of  Chicago. 

35.  Cook  County  Sunday  School  Association. 

36.  Commercial  Association  of  Chicago. 

37.  Chicago  Christian  Endeavor  Union. 

38.  Commercial  Exchange. 

39.  Chicago  Manual  Training  School. 

40.  Chicago  Hospital. 

41.  Chicago  Clinical  School. 

42.  Chicago  Tuberculosis  Institute. 

43.  Commercial  Club. 

44.  Chicago  Foundling's  Home. 
44J.  Deep  Waterways  Association. 

45.  Englewood  Law  and  Order  League. 

46.  Employers  Association  of  Chicago. 

48.  Francis  E.  Clark  Settlement. 

49.  Field  Museum  of  Natural  History. 

50.  Florence  Crittendon  Anchorage. 

51.  Forward  Movement  Settlement. 

52.  Gideons.     (Christian  Traveling  Men's  Association.) 

53.  Garfield  Park  Protective  Association. 

54.  Home  for  Aged  and  Infirm  Colored  People. 

55.  Hyde  Park  Improvement  Association. 

56.  Hyde  Park  Protective  Association. 

57.  Home  for  Destitute  Crippled  Children. 

58.  Hull  House. 

59.  Illinois  Anti-Saloon  League. 

61.  Illinois  Charitable  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary. 

62.  Illinois  Humane  Society. 

63.  Illinois  Children's  Home  and  Aid  Society. 

64.  Illinois  Manual  Training  School  Farm. 

65.  John  Crerar  Library. 

70.  Lake  Forest  University. 

71.  Legal  Aid  Society. 

72.  Lewis  Institute. 

73.  Lincoln  Park  Commissioners. 

75.  Merchant's  Club. 

76.  Margaret  Etter  Cre"che. 

77.  Mary  Thompson  Hospital. 

78.  McCormick  Theological  Seminary. 

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79.  Memorial  Institute  for  Infectious  Diseases. 
79  J.  Metropolitan  Business  College. 

80.  Moody  Bible  Institute. 

81.  Municipal  Art  League  of  Chicago. 

82.  Municipal  Museum  of  Chicago. 

83.  Municipal  Voters  League. 

84.  Musical  Arts  Society. 

85.  National  Temperance  Hospital. 

86.  Newberry  Library. 

87.  North- Western  University. 

88.  North  Side  Law  and  Order  League. 

89.  Olivet  Institute. 

90.  Old  People's  Home. 

91.  Orchestral  Association.     (Theodore  Thomas  Orchestra.) 

92.  Presbyterian  League. 

93.  Pacific  Garden  Mission. 

94.  People's  Hospital  Training  School  for  Nurses. 

95.  Passavant  Memorial  Hospital. 

96.  Post-Graduate  Medical  School  and  Hospital. 

97.  Presbyterian  Hospital. 

98.  Provident  Hospital  and  Training  School. 

99.  Presbyterian  Social  Union. 

100.  Religious  Educational  Association. 

104.  Secretarial  Training  School  Young  Men's  Christian  Assn. 

105.  South  Park  Improvement  Association.  .. 

106.  South  Park  Commissioners. 

107.  University  of  Chicago. 

108.  Visiting  Nurse  Association  of  Chicago. 

110.  Washingtonian  Home. 

111.  West  Side  Civic  League. 

112.  Woodlawn  Improvement  Association. 

113.  Woman's  Christian  Temperance  Union. 

114.  West  Side  Hospital. 

115.  West  Park  Commissioners. 

116.  Woman's  Hospital. 

120.  Young  Men's  Christian  Association. 

121.  Young  Men's  Presbyterian  Union. 

122.  Young  Women's  Christian  Association. 

123.  Young  Peoples'  Christian  Temperance  Union. 


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INDEX  OF  PRESBYTERIANS 

This  list,  lengthy  though  it  may  be,  does  not  commence  to 
give  all  of  the  information  of  this  character  which  is  necessary  to 
make  this  article  complete.  The  records  obtainable  in  the  short 
period  of  time  allotted  were  of  great  assistance,  but  not  by  any 
means  exhaustive,  consequently  there  will  be  many  of  those 
prominent  in  the  city's  activities,  and  who  are  perhaps  bearing 
largely  the  responsibilities  of  their  own  local  churches,  omitted, 
and  there  may  be  some  included  who  have  left  Chicago  or 
who  have  changed  their  church  home.  It  is  therefore  hoped  that 
the  list  will  be  accepted  in  the  spirit  in  which  it  was  compiled 
and  it  must  be  understood  that  the  writer  will  welcome  sug- 
gestions and  corrections  which  would  enable  him  in  a  future 
edition  to  send  out  complete  and  authentic  information.  It  is 
just  possible  some  name  may  have  been  handed  in  which  should 
not  be  here.  If  such  is  the  case  the  compiler  is  extremely  sorry, 
especially  if  any  inconvenience  or  embarrassment  is  caused  thereby. 
It  should  be  explained  that  there  are  those  included  herein 
whose  membership  is  not  in  churches  of  this  city,  while  there 
are  others  who  are  closely  identified  with  the  church  in  various 
ways  who  are  not  members  of  it. 

*  Indicates  person  named  is  an  ordained  elder  in  the  church. 

X  Indicates  person  named  is  a  deacon. 

t  Indicates  person  named  is  a  trustee. 

The  numbers  refer  to  the  outside  institutions  and  organizations  in  which 
the  person  named  is  a  director,  trustee  or  officer.    The  list  of  such  organiza- 
tions will  be  found  on  pp.  85,  86  and  87. 
ABBOTT,  A.  H.  Artists'  Materials,  etc. 

ADAMS,  CYRUS  H.  Retired  Merchant. 

(78) 

ADAMS,  EDWARD  S.  Commission  Merchant. 

fADAMS,  JOHN  B.  Grain  Merchant. 

AIKEN,  WM.  J.  Genl.  Manager — Preferred   Accident    Insur- 

ance Co. 
*ALDRICH,  WM.  A.  President,  The  Bereans.    Printer. 

(9) 

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Presbyterian     City 

X  ALLING,  CHARLES,  JR. 

President,  Chicago  Business  Law  School. 

(35,  71) 

Ex-Alderman,  2nd  Ward. 

ALLINQ,  VAN  WAGENEN 

President,  Ailing  Construction  Co.     Build- 

ing Contractors. 

*  ALLEN,  HARHY  W. 

Vice-President,  J.  W.  Allen  Co.     Manufac- 

turers of  Bakers'  Supplies. 

tALLEN,  JOHN  W. 

President,  J.  W.  Allen  Co.  Mfgs.  of  Bakers' 

Supplies. 

ALLPORT,  FRANK,  M.D. 

Eye  and  Ear  Specialist. 

ALLPORT,  WALTER  H.,  M.D. 

Physician  and  Surgeon. 

ALVORD,  JOHN  W. 

Hydraulic  and  Sanitary  Engineer. 

ANDREWS,  E.  WYLLIS,  M.D 

Surgeon. 

(98) 

ANDREWS,  SIDNEY  F. 

General  Attorney,  Illinois  Central  R.  R. 

t  ARMOUR,  M.  COCHRANE 

Resident    Partner,    Rogers,   Brown   &   Co. 

(78) 

Pig  Iron  Merchants. 

ARMSTRONG,  FRANK  H. 

(14,  23) 
ATWOOD,  BURTON  H. 

(89) 
fATWOOD,  F.  M. 

(93) 

AUSTIN,  CHARLES  O. 
AUSTIN,  FREDERICK  C. 

BABCOCK,  ROBERT  H.,  M.D. 

(19) 
BAIRD,  EDWARD  P. 

BAKER,  ALFRED  L. 

(33*.  64,  70,  82,  83,  98) 

BAKER,  LUTHER  E. 


*  BAKER,  SAMUEL 

(92) 

*BAKER,  WM.  M. 
XBALLOU,  A.  PERCY 

(121) 
BANKS,  A.  F. 

*  BANNING,  EPHRAIM 

(92) 


President,  Iroquois  Iron  Co. 
President,  Chicago  Short  Line  R.  R. 
Secretary,  Reid,  Murdoch  &  Co. 

President,  Atwood,  Davis  Sand  Co. 
Clothing  Merchant. 

Banker.    Director,  Railway  Exchange  Bank. 
President,   Municipal    Engineering   &   Con- 
structing Co. 
Physician — Heart  Specialist. 

President,  Baird  Mfg.  Co.  Telephone  Equip- 
ment. 

President,  A.  L.  Baker  <fe  Co.,  Stocks  and 
Bonds. 

Vice- President,  National  City  Bank. 

Vice-President,  Macdonell,  Baker,  Collendar 
Co. 

Vice-President,  Ross  Constructing  Co. 

Spaulding  &  Merrick  Co. 

Real  Estate. 

Vice-President,     International     Copper     A 

Gold  Mining  Co. 

President,  Elgin,  Joliet  &  Eastern  R.  R. 
Banning  &  Banning.     Patent  Attorneys. 


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tBAHD,  Geo.  M. 
BARLOW,  L.  N.,  M.  D. 

(94) 
BARNES,  A.  R. 

tBARNETT,  J.  H. 

BARRETT,  SAMUEL  E. 

(7) 
*tBATE8,  ONWARD 

fBARTLETT,  CHARLES  L. 

(83) 
BECKEN,  ALBERT  C. 

XBELFIELD,  A.  MILLER 

(8,  120) 
*BELFIELD,  HENRT  H. 

(39) 

fBENTLEY,  CHARLES  S. 
BENTLEY,  CYRUS  H. 

(24) 
BENNETT,  FRANK  I. 

(56) 

BENTLEY,  FRANK  T. 
BELSHE,  EDWIN  L. 
*BEST,  NOLAN  R. 

(33^,  100,  120,  121) 
tBEST,  WILLIAM 

(106) 

BEVAN,  ARTHUR  D.,  M.D. 
*BINGHAM,  CHARLES  L. 

(92) 
BIRD,  A.  C. 


xBiRD,  CHAS.  W. 

(120) 
BIRKHOFF,  GEO.,  JR. 


BISHOP,  L.  BRACKETT 
(120) 


President,  NorwallMfg.  Co.,  Steam  Supplies. 
Physician  and  Surgeon. 

President  A.  R.  Barnes  &  Co.,  Printers  and 
Publishers. 

President,  J.  H.  Barnett  &  Co.     Engravers. 

Chairman  of  Board,  Barrett  Mfg.  Co.  Roof- 
ing Materials. 

President,  Bates  &  Rogers  Construction  Co. 

President,  Orangeine  Chemical  Co. 

Director,  Hamilton  National  Bank. 

President,  A.  C.  Becken  &  Co.,  Wholesale 
Jewelers. 

Patent  Attorney. 

Dean,  The  University  High  School — Chicago 

Manual  Training  School. 
Grain  Merchant. 

Director,  International  Harvester  Co. 
Lawyer. 
Lawyer — Alderman  7th  Ward. 

Traffic  Manager,  Illinois  Steel  Company. 
Secy,  and  Manager,  Chicago  Portrait  Co. 
Editor,  The  Interior. 

President,  Best  &  Russell  Co. 


Physician. 

Manager,  S.  S.  White, 


Dental  Supply  Co. 


Vice-President,  Wabash  R.  R. 

Vice-President,  Missouri  Pacific  Ry. 

Vice-President,  St.  Louis,  Iron  Mt.  &  South- 
ern Ry. 

Vice-President,  Texas  &  Pacific  Ry. 

Vice-President,  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  R.  R. 
(Gould  System) 

President,  Chas.  W.  Bird  &  Co.,  Mfrs.  of 
Druggists'  Sundries. 

W.  D.  Kerfoot  &  Co.     Real  Estate. 

Counsel  of  The  Netherlands  in  Chicago. 

Director,  Chicago  Title  &  Trust  Co. 

Manager,  Massachusetts  Mutual  Life  Ins.  Co. 

President,  Life  Underwriters  Association  of 
Chicago. 


Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 


BLACK,  GBNL.  JOHN  C. 
BLEB,  JOSEPU  Mc.H. 

BLAIR,  EDWARD  T. 

(97) 
fBoDMAN,  LUTHER  W. 

(24) 

*tBO!8OT,  LOUIS 

*fBoLSTER,  CHARLES  H. 
*BORDEN,  HAMILTON 

XBoswoRTH,  FRANK  F. 
BOWERS,  LLOYD,  W. 
(24) 

*BOWMAN,  LOUIS  A. 

(0,  120,  121) 
BOWMAN,  WILLIAM  H. 
*tBoYCE,  S.  LEONARD 

(90) 

BRADLEY,  J.  HARLEY 
*BRADLEY,  THOS.  E.  D. 

(35,  44) 

BRIGHT,  MATTHEW  M. 
*BRINTNALL  WILLIAM  H. 

(56,  120) 
BROPHY,  TRUMAN  W.,  D.D.S. 

(85,  120) 
BROOKS,  JONATHAN  W.,  JR. 

*BROWN,  WALTER  FRAZER 

(121) 

X  BROWN,  WALTER  Z. 
*BROWNE,  EDWARD 
BUCKINGHAM,  EBENEZER 
BUTLER,  John  S. 

BUSENBARK,  WM.  R. 

BUSH,  WILLIAM  H. 
(81) 


BUSHNELL,  LEMUEL  M. 
BUSSEY,  WILLIAM  T. 
BYERS,  JOHN  W. 


President,  U.  S.  Civil  Service  Commission. 
Commander-in-Chief,  G.  A.  R. 
Auditor  and  Treasurer,  Whitebreast  Fuel  Co. 
Treas.  and  Asst.  Sec.,  Cardiff  Coal  Co 

Capitalist. 

Milmine,  Bodman  &  Co.,  Grain  Merchants. 

Trust  Officer,  First  Trust  and  Savings  Bank. 
Manager,  Sprague  Warner  &  Co.,  Wholesale 

Grocers. 
President,  Borden  &  Selleck  Co..  The  Howe 

Standard  Scales. 

President,  Chicago  Printing  &  Embossing  Co. 
General  Counsel,  Chicago  &  North-Western 

Ry. 
Lawyer.  Jones  &  Bowman. 

Real  Estate. 
Lawyer. 

President,   David  Bradley  Mfg.  Co.,  Plows. 
Lawyei,  Foster,  Bradley  &  Stetson. 

President,  International  Gas  and  Fuel  Co. 
President,  Drovers'  Deposit  National  Bank. 

Dentist. 

Vice-President,  Pitkin  &  Brooks  Co.,  China 

and  Glassware. 
Vice-President  and  Treas.,  A.  C.  Becken  & 

Co.,  Wholesale  Jewelers. 
Treasurer,  Illinois  Life  Insurance  Company. 
President,  Edward  Browne  Lumber  Co. 
Capitalist  and  Corporation  Director. 
Lawyer  and  Corporation  Director. 
Grain  Merchant. 

President,  Wm.  H.  Bush  &  Co.,  Wholesale 
Hats  and  Caps. 

President,    Francis    T.    Simmons       &    Co. 
Wholesale  Gloves. 

Vaughan  &  Bushnell  Mfg.  Co.,  Hardware. 
President,  Chicago  Stove  Works. 
President,  Byers  Bros.  &  Co.,  Com.  Merchants 

U.  S.  Yards. 


Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 


tCAMERON,  W.  F. 

CAMPBELL,  R.  B. 
CAMPBELL,  WILLIAM  L. 
CARR,  CLYDE  M. 

(14) 
CARE,  ROBERT  F. 

X  CARPENTER,  HARRY  L. 

CARTER,  DONALD  M. 

(121) 
CHALMERS,  WILLIAM  J. 

(49) 

tCHANDLER,  WALTER  T. 

CHARD,  THOMAS  S. 

CHURCH,  WILLIAM  E. 

(56) 
*CLARK,  EDWARD  G. 

(44) 
CLARK,  JOHN  M. 

(25,  65) 
*CLELAND,  McKENziE 

(35,  121) 

CLOUGH,  HARRY  S. 
CLOW|  HARRY  B. 
CLOW.  JAMES  B. 


,  WILLIAM  E. 
(46,  75) 
COE,  ALMER 
COFFIN.  CHARLES  P. 

*fCOLEMAN,  A.  E. 

COLLYER,  WILLIAM  D. 

COLLINS,  LORIN  C. 

(87) 

*COLVIN,  WM.  G. 
COLWELL,  NATHAN  P.,  M.D. 
COOPER,  CHARLES  B. 
COPELAND,  WILLIAM  L.,  M.D. 
fCoRMACK,  JOSEPH 
"•COTTON,  ARTHUR  B. 

"•COULTER,  JOHN  M. 
(8,  100,  120) 


P.  F.  Cameron  &  Co.,  Insurance. 
General  Manager,  Elgin,  Joliet  &  Eastern  Ry. 
Vice-President,  Economical  Drug  Co. 
Vice-Pres.  &  Secy.,  Joseph  T.  Ryerson  A  Son. 

Heavy  Iron  and  Steel  Merchants. 
Vice-Pres.  and  Genl.  Mgr.,  Dearborn  Drug 

&  Chemical  Association. 
Byers  Bros.  &  Co.,  Commission  Merchants, 

U.  S.  Yards. 
Parker  &  Carter,  [Lawyers. 

Corporation  Director. 

Firm  of  Franklin  MacVeagh  &  Co.  Whole- 
sale Grocers. 

Manager,  Firemen's  Fund  &  Union  Insur- 
ance Companies. 

Lawyer,  Church,  McMurdy  &  Sherman. 

Treasurer,  Hibbard,  Spencer,  Bartlett  &  Co. 

Wholesale  Hardware. 
Merchant  and  Capitalist. 

Judge,  The  Municipal  Court. 

Rounds  &  Clough.     Real  Estate. 

Secy.,  Jas.  B.  Clow  &  Sons.     Mfg.  Plumbers. 

President,  Jas.  B.  Clow  &  Sons.  Mfg.  Plum- 
bers. 

Vice-President,  Jas.  B.  Clow  &  Sons.  Mfg. 
Plumbers. 

Optician. 

Director  and  Credit  Man.     Illinois  Steel  Co. 

President,  Chicago  Ornamental  Iron  Co. 

Collyer  &  Co.     Butter  &  Eggs. 

U.  S.  Inspector  of  Dairy  Exports. 

Lawyer. 

Treasurer,  Continent  Shoe  Co. 

Chest,  Nose  and  Throat  Specialist. 

Genl.  Agent,  Nor.  Pac.  and  Nat.  Express  Co. 

Physician. 

Contractor  and  Builder. 

President  and  Treasurer,  Brydon  Trimmed 

Hat  Co. 
Dean,  School  of  Botany.  University  of 

Chicago. 


[92] 


Chicago:     A     Presbyterian    City 


COT,  LINCOLN  M. 
COWAN,  WILLIAM  K. 

Cox,  STEPHEN  W.,  M.D. 
,  JOHN  C. 
,  CLAYTON  E. 


*CROFTS,  JOHN  C. 
CRAQIN,  H.  B. 

*CRAIN,  CHARLES  H.,  M.D. 
CRAMER,  AMBROSE 

CRANE,  EDWARD  C. 
CRANE,  SIMEON  H. 
CROSBY,  FREDERICK  W. 

(70,  78) 
CHOWELL,  HENRY  P. 

(78,  80) 

*CRIQHTON,  JAMES 

(44) 
CUMMINOS,  D.  MARK 


CUTHBERTSON,  WlLLIAM,  M.D, 

DAVIDSON,  H.  P. 
DAVIS,  Louis  H. 
DAWES,  RUFUS  C. 

DAY,  ALBERT  M. 
(62,  97) 

*tDEFEBAUQH,  JAMES  E. 

(56,  99.  120) 
*DENT,  THOMAS 

(18,  78,  97) 
DUELL,  HARRY  W. 
DEVITT,  MARTIN  A. 

*DEGOLLYER,  WATTS 
DICK,  ALBERT  B. 
(70,  97) 


Lawyer  and  Capitalist. 

Pres.  &  Ganl.  Mgr.  W.  K.  Cowan  Co.  Furni- 
ture. 

Physician. 

Vice-President  Bankers  National  Bank. 

Ex-Speaker,  House  of  Representatives. 

Lawyer. 

Crofts  &  Reed,  Soap  Manufacturers. 

Broker. 

Vice-President,  Legal  Aid  Society. 

President,  Easton  Oil  Co. 

Crain  Bros.,  Wholesale  Drugs  &  Chemicals. 

Mining  Machinery.  Trustee  of  the  Estate  of 
Henry  J.  Willing. 

Real  Estate  and  Investments. 

Secy,  and  Treas.,  Moffatt  Bearing  Co. 

Lawyer  and  Corporation  Director. 

President,  American  Cereal  Co. 

President,  Quaker  Oats  Co. 

Vice-President,  Cleveland  Foundry  Co. 

President,  Jas.  Crighton  &  Co.,  Commission 
Merchants. 

Bank  Director. 

President,  New  Pittsburgh  Coal  &  Coke  Co. 

Vica-Pres.,  South  Chgo.  City  Railway  and 
Hammond,  Whiting  &  East  Chicago  Ry. 

Physician. 

President,  North- Western  Military  Academy. 

Lawyer  and  Underwriter. 

President,  Union  Gas  and  Electric  Co. 

Director  of  Corporations. 

Capitalist. 

President,  Presbyterian  Hospital. 

Owner  and  Editor,  The  American  Lumber- 
man. 

Lawyer — Ex-Judge. 

President,  Federal  Shirt  and  Collar  Co. 
Banker  and  Director,  Devitt,  Tremble  &  Co. 

Bankers. 

Retired  Varnish  Manufacturer. 
President,  A.  B.  Dick  Co.,  Manufacturers  of 

Mimeographing  Machine. 
Director,  Royal  Trust  Co.  Bank. 


[93] 


Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 


DICKINSON,  JOHN  McG. 
DICKSON,  JAMES  T. 

DOANE,  PHILIP  P.  S.,  M.D. 
DORAN,  GEO.  H. 

DOHKANCE,  CHARLES  A. 
DORWIN,  WILLIAM  E. 


*tDouGLASs,  WILLIAM  A. 

(2*.  97) 

DOWNS,  EBENEZER  A. 
*DOWNS,  Walter  B. 

*DOWNS,  JAMES  E. 

(77,  92) 

DRAKE,  JOHN  B.,  JR. 
X DRAKE,  TRACY 
DRISCOLL,  FREDERICK 


DUDLEY,  HENRY  W. 
(1,  12,  92) 

*DtTNN,  WlNFIELD  P. 


DURAND,  CALVIN 


*DURAND,  HENRY  C. 

(8,  38,  97,  121) 
EASTMAN,  JOHN  C. 
*ECKELS,  JAMES  H. 

(42,57,95,  100,  113,  120) 


ECKHART,  BERNARD  A. 
(3H,  77,  81,  115) 
EIKEN,  CHAS.  F. 

ELLIOTT,  FRANK  R. 
ELPHICKE,  CHAS.  W. 


General  Counsel,  Illinois  Central  R.  R. 

Treas.  and  Manager,  Confectioners  and 
Bakers  Supply  Co. 

Physician  and  Surgeon. 

Vice-President,  Fleming  H.  Revell  Co.,  Pub- 
lishers. 

President,  The  Dorrance  Co.,  Smokeless 
Furnaces. 

W.  E.  Dorwin  &  Co.,  Railway  Contractors. 

Vice-Pres.  &  Genl.  Mgr.,  U.  S.  Engineering  & 
Constructing  Co. 

Manager,  R.  G.  Dun  &  Co.,  Mercantile 
Agency. 

Vice-President,  H.  W.  Dudley  Copper  Co. 

Secretary,  Durand  &  Kasper  Co.,  Wholesale 
Grocers. 

Retired  Merchant. 

Capitalist. 
Capitalist. 

Commissioner,   American   Newspaper   Pub- 
lishers Association. 
Corporation  Director. 
President,  H.  W.  Dudley  Coffee  Co. 

President,  W.  P.  Dunn  Co.,  Printers  & 
Publishers. 

Alderman,  25th  Ward. 

President,  Durand  &  Kasper  Co.  Wholesale 
Grocers. 

Director,  State  Bank  of  Chicago. 

Vice-President,  Durand  &  Kasper  Co. 

Director,  State  Bank  of  Lake  Forest. 

Publisher,  Chicago  Daily  Journal. 

President,  Commercial  National  Bank. 

Vice-Pres.,  Hewitt  Manufacturing  Co. 

Receiver,  Chicago  Union  Traction  Co. 

Treasurer,  Featherstone  Foundry  &  Ma- 
chine Co. 

President,  Eckhart  &  Swan  Milling  Co. 

President,  West  Park  Commissioners. 

President  and  Genl.  Mgr.,  Pioneer  Fire  Roof- 
ing Co. 

Cashier,  Harris  Trust  and  Savings  Bank. 

Vessel  Owner  and  Marine  Insurance. 


[94] 


Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 


ELMORE,  WILLIAM  E. 


,  EDWABD  H. 
ELY,  JAMES  O.,  D.  D.  S. 
*  EMERY,  COL.  J.  M. 

(11) 
EWAN,  JOHN  M. 

(19) 
*FALES,  DAVID 

(2*.  16) 
FARWELL,  ARTHUR  L. 

(14,  95) 
FARWELL,  FRANCIS  C. 

(24) 
tFARWELL,  GRANGER 

(14) 
*FARWELL,  JOHN  V. 

(li,  18,  29,  32,  52) 
FARWELL,  JOHN  V.,  JR. 

(43,  46,  70,  83,  120) 
FAUHOT,  HENRY 
FENTRESS,  JAMES 
FERGUSON,  ALEX.  H.,  M.D. 

(40) 
FIELD,  STANLEY 

(23,  49) 
fFiNDLEY,  GEORGE 

tFisHBURN,  EUGENE  H. 

(18,  78) 
FISHER,  Lucius  G. 

FISK.  D.  MILTON 
XFiTZHUGH,  CHAS.  H. 
FLERSHEM,  LEMUEL  W 
FORD,  CHARLES  B. 
*FORD,  JOHN  S. 


tFoRGAN,  DAVID  R. 
(33,  36,  44V4,  100) 


Vice-President,  Durant  &  Elmore  Co.  Grain 

Merchant. 

Vice-President,  Oconto  Milling  Co. 
Manager,  Michigan  Mutual  Life  Ins.  Co. 
Dentist. 
Publisher. 

President,  John  M.  Ewan  Construction  Co. 

Lawyer. 

2nd  Vice-President,  J.  V.  Farwell  Co. 

Secretary,  J.  V.  Farwell  Co. 

President,  Granger  Farwell  &  Co.  Bankers  A 

Brokers. 
Founder,  John  V.  Farwell  Co.     Wholesale 

Dry  Goods. 

Treas.  &  Genl.  Mgr.,  John  V.  Farwell  Co. 
President,  First  State  Fawners  Society. 
Vice-Pres.  &  Treas.,  Western  Felt  Works. 
President,  Chicago  Tubing  and  Braiding  Co. 
President,  Chicago  Hospital. 

Vice-President,  Marshall  Field  &  Co. 

Genl.  Manager,  Capitol  Freelock   Land  and 

Investment  Co. 
Ogden,  Sheldon  &  Co.,  Real  Estate. 

President,  U.  S.  Bag  &  Paper  Co. 

Owner  Fisher  Building. 

Capitalist. 

Pres.,  Fitzhugh- Luther  Co.,  Locomotives. 

Lapp  &  Flershem,  Wholesale  Jewelers. 

Pres.,  Ford  &  Howard,  Produce  Merchants. 

President,  Ford  &  Johnson  Chair  Co.,  Fur- 
niture Manufacturers. 

President,  Western  Cane  Seating  Co. 

President,  National  Chair  Mfrs.  Assn. 

President,  Chicago  Furniture  Mfrs.  Assn. 

President,  National  City  Bank. 

Author,  Orator  and  Western  Golf  Champion 
of  United  States, 


[95] 


Chicago:     A     Presbyterian    City 


FORGAN,  JAMES  B. 
(20,  73,  97) 


FORESMAN,  HUGH  A. 
*FOHSYTH,  HENRY  H. 

(92) 

*FORSYTH,  W.  HOLMES 
*FRANCIS,  WILLIAM 

(8,  35) 

tFowLER,  ERNEST  S. 
FREEMAN,  CHAS.  YOE 

*FREEMAN,  HENRY  V. 

(78) 
*FROST,  CHARLES  S. 

(92) 

FULLER,  CHARLES  H. 
FULLER,  Lucius  C. 

(5) 


GALT,  AZARIAH  T. 

tGANSBERGEN,  F.  H. 

(73) 

GARRETT,  MYERS  A. 
tGEER,  IRA  J. 

(10,  24,  78) 
GENTLES,  HENRY  W.,  M.D. 

(40) 
tGEROULD,  FRANK  W. 

(104) 
GIBBS,  PLATT  P. 

GLESSNER,  J.  G.  M. 
*GOING,  JUDSON  F. 

(13,  30) 

GOLDIE,  WILLIAM 
*GOODMAN,  JOHN  S. 
*  GRANT,  JOHN  C. 
GRAVES,  CHAS.  E. 
GROSS,  HOWARD  H. 


President,  First  National  Bank. 
President,  First  Trust  &  Savings  Bank. 
President,  National  Safe  Deposit  Co. 
Corporation  and  Railroad  Director. 
Vice-Pres., Scott,  Foresman  &  Co., Publishers. 
Retired  Capitalist. 

Secretary,  Curtain  Supply  Co. 
President,  Francis  &  Nygren  Foundry  Co. 

Optician. 

Secy,  and  Asst.  Treas.,  111.  Car.  &  Equipment 

Co. 
Justice  of  Appellate  Court. 

Frost  &  Granger,  Architects. 

President,  C.  H.  Fuller  Advertising  Agency. 

Treasurer,  C.  H.  Fuller  Advertising  Agency. 

Director,  Colonial  Trust  &  Savings  Bank. 

2nd  Vice-Pres.,  Northern  Liquidation  Co. 

President,  Union  Electrotype  Foundry. 

President,  Advertisers  Printing  Co. 

President,  The  Tribune  Co. 

Director,  Nor.  Chgo.  S.  R.  R.  Co. 

Lawyer. 

Secretary,  The  Mutual  Bank: 

Lincoln  Park  Commissioner. 

Vice-Pres.,  Farlow  Draft  Gear  Co. 

Lawyer, 

Physician  and  Surgeon. 

Western  Genl.  Mgr.,  A.  G.  Spalding  A  Bros. 

Sporting  Goods. 

Pres.  and  Mgr.,  Chicago  Music  Co. 
Pres.,  Chicago  Piano  &  Organ  Assn. 
Mgr.  Utility  Div.  International  Harv.  Co. 
Judge,  The  Municipal  Court. 

Goldie  Bros.,  General  Contractors. 

Pres.  J.  S.  Goodman  &  Co.,  Book  Publishers. 

Headmaster,  The  Harvard  School. 

Pres.  C.  E.  Graves  A  Co.,  Jewelers. 

Paving  Materials.  Corporation  Organizer. 


[96] 


Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 


GRUENSTEIN,  S.  E. 

GtTRLEY,  W.  W. 

(57) 
HAGGARD,  JOHN  D. 

HAIR,  BENJ.  M. 

*HALSEY,  EDWARD  A. 
(97,  120) 

*HALSEY,  PROF.  JOHN  J.,  L.L.D, 

(70) 

fHALL,  ROBERT  W. 
*HALL,  THOMAS  A. 

(56,  99) 


,  ERNEST  A. 
(7,  28,  43,  97) 

HARLAN,  JOHN  MAYNARD 
(23) 

fHARRINGTON,  STEPHEN  H. 

HARSHA,  WILLIAM  M.,  M.D. 

(40,  120) 

HARVEY,  ALBERT  A. 
HARVEY,  PAUL  S. 
*HARVEY,  TURLINGTON  W. 

HASTINGS,  SAMUEL  M. 


HEAD,  FRANKLIN  H. 

(18,  71,  86) 
HEAD,  G.  P.,  M.D. 

(96) 

,  EUGENE  K. 


*  HEATH,  CHAS.  A. 

(10) 

"•HEDGES,  SAMUEL  P.,  M.D. 
tHESTER,  ALBERT  W. 
HIGH,  GEORGE  HENRY 

HINMAN,  GEO.  W. 


Editorial  Staff,  Chicago  Evening  Post : 

Corporation  Director. 

Lawyer. 

President,  Haggard  &  Marcusson  Co.,  Spring 

Bed  Manufacturers. 
President,  North- Western  Yeast  Co. 
President,  Cook  Co.  State  Savings  Bank. 
Ex-Comptroller  City  of  Chicago. 
Expert  Appraiser — Real  Estate. 
Pres.  Illinois  Young  Men's  Christian  Assn. 
Acting  President,  Lake  Forest  University. 

Carson,  Pirie  Scott  &  Co. 
Pres.  Thos.  A.  Hall  &  Co.,  Real  Estate. 
Pres.  Office  Building  Managers  Assn. 
Manager,  Dearborn  Power  Co. 
President,  Corn  Exchange  National  Bank. 
Vice-President,  Elgin  National  Watch  Co. 
Treasurer,  Chicago  Board  of  Trade. 
Lawyer. 

Pres.,  Harrington  &  King  Perforating  Co. 
Physician  and  Surgeon. 

Treas.  and  Genl.  Mgr.  Acme  Gas  Co. 
Vice-Pres.  and  Secy.,  Acme  Gas  Co. 
President,  Acme  Gas  Co.    Corporation   Di- 
rector. 

President,  Computing  Scale  Co.  of  America. 
Secy,  and  Treas.,  Moneyweight  Scale  Co. 
Vice-Pres.,  Computing  Scale  Co.  of  Canada. 
President,  Moneyweight  Scale  Co.  of  Europe. 
Director  of  Corporations. 
President,  Bush  Temple  Conservatory. 
Vice-Pres.,  Continental  Casualty  Co. 
Physician  and  Surgeon. 

Pres.,  Herrick,  Son  &  Co.,  Com.  Merchants, 

U.  S.  Yards. 
Albert  Dickinson  &  Co.,  Seed  Merchants. 

Physician  and  Surgeon. 
Real  Estate  and  Investments. 
Geo.  H.  High  &  Co.,  Real  Estate. 
Pres.  Masonic  Temple  Association. 
Publisher,  Chicago  Inter-Ocean. 


[97] 


Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 


HOLBROOK,  WILLIAM  G. 
HOLDEN,  JOSEPH  S. 
tHoLDEN,  NELSON  B. 

(97) 
*HOLLOWAY,  HORACE  G. 

*HOLT,  CHARLES  S. 

(25,  78,  92,  100) 
HOLT,  GEORGE  H. 


HOUSTON,  ARCHIBALD  W. 
*HOWE,  CHAS.  M. 

(71,  78) 

*HOWELL,  C.  D.  B. 
HOYT,  HOWARD  H. 

*HUBBARD,  JOHN  S. 

(57) 
*HUGHITT,  MARVIN 

(2*.  20,  21,  65) 


*HUNTER,  WM.  C. 


HURD,  HARRY  B. 
HYPES,  WILLIAM  F. 
IRWIN,  CHAS.  P. 
ISHAM,  RALPH 


ISHAM,  R.  N.,  M.D. 
t JACKSON,  WILLIAM  S. 


JAMES,  FRED  S. 
X  JAMES,  PHILIP  L. 


Pres.  and  Treas.,  Union  Drop  Forge  Co. 
Secy,  and  Treas.  Middleby  Oven  Mfg.  Co. 
Pres.,  N.  B.  Holden,  Inc.  Shoe  Dealers. 

President,  H.  G.  Holloway  &  Bro.,  Whole- 
sale Boots  and  Shoes. 

Lawyer,  Holt,  Wheeler  &  Sidley. 
Corporation  Director 

President,  Holt  Lumber  Co. 

President,  Amer.  Lumber  Co.  of  Wisconsin. 

President,  Policy  Holders  Union. 

Vice-Pres.,  Columbian  National  Life  Ins.  Co. 

Owner — Manhattan  Bldg. 

Senior  Member,  Holt,  MacChesney  &  Cheney, 
Real  Estate  &  Bonds. 

Vice-Pres.,  Republic  Iron  &  Steel  Co. 

Banker. 

President,  Illinois  Brick  Co. 

Assistant  Director  of  Agencies — Columbian 
National  Life  Ins.  Co. 

Moore,  Jones,  Lyman  &  Herrick,  Fire  Under- 
writers. 

President,  Chicago  &  North- Western  Ry. 

President,  Chicago,  St.  Paul,  Minn.  <fe 
Omaha  Ry. 

Railroad  &  Corporation  Director. 

Secy.,  W.  D.  Boyce  Co.,  Newspaper  Pub- 
lishers. 

Secy.,  W.  D.  Boyce  Paper  Mills  Co. 

President,  Hunter  Publishing  Co. 

Lawyer.,  Pam  &  Hurd. 

Manager,  Marshall  Field  &  Co.     Wholesale. 

Irwin,  Green  &  Co.,  Genl.  Grain  Merchants. 

Treasurer,  Chicago  Union  Transfer  Co. 

Secy,  and  Treas.,  Chgo.  Transfer  <fe  Clearing 
Co. 

Physician. 

Senior  Mem.,  Jackson  Bros.  &  Co.  Com- 
mission Merchants. 

Ex-Alderman,  6th  Ward. 

Ex-President,  Chicago  Board  of  Trade. 

President,  F.  S.  James  &  Co.  Fire  Under- 
writers. 

Marshall  Field  &  Co. 


[98] 


Chicago:     A    Presbyterian     City 


*JANNET,  JAMES  W. 

(92) 

"•JEFFREY,  JOHN 
JELKE,  JOHN  F. 
JENKINS,  JOHN  E. 

JENNINGS,  J.  ELLIOTT 

""(•JOHNSON,  FRANK  S.t  M.D. 

(65) 
JOHNSON,  WM.  FORD 

JOHNSTON,  ROBERT  S. 
JONES,  ARTHUR  B. 

(49,  120) 
JONES,  DAVID  B. 

(70,  86,  97) 
tJoNES,  J.  HARRY 

(121) 
JONES,  THOMAS  D. 

(65) 

JUDSON,  HALE  D. 
*fKANE,  THOMAS 

(72,  78,  92,  97) 


KEEP,  ALBERT 

(21,  65) 
fKELLEY,  WILLIAM  E. 

(17*) 

tKELSEY,  HORATIO  N. 
KENLY,  D.  B. 
*KERLIN  E.  ILES,  M.D. 
KETCHAM,  IRA  C. 

KINO,  CHARLES  B. 
*KIMBALL,  CHARLES  L. 

(120) 

KISER,  SAMUEL  EBERLY 
*KNAPP,  FRED  H. 

*KNUDSON,  SAMUEL  O. 
XKNUDSON,  THEODORE  J. 
M.  D. 


Genl.  Agent,  Provident  Life  and  Trust  Co. 

Contractor  and  Builder. 

President,  Braun  &  Fitts,  Butterine  Mfrs. 

Jenkins,  Kreer  &  Co. 

Secy,  Great  Western  Tin  Plate  Co. 

President,  Jennings  Real  Estate  Loan  and 

Trust  Company. 
Physician  and  Surgeon. 

Secy.  &  Treas.,  J.  S.  Ford,  Johnson  &  Co. 

Furniture  Mfrs. 

President,  Star  &  Crescent  Milling  Co. 
Marshall  Field  &  Co. 

President,  Mineral  Point  Zinc  Co. 
Secretary,  Marshall  Jackson  Stationery  Co. 
Lawyer  and  Capitalist. 

Genl.  Supt.,  Chgo,  Burlington  &  Quincy  Ry. 

President,  Thos.  Kane  &  Co.,  School  and 
Church  Furniture. 

President,  American  Spiral  Pipe  Works. 

President,  Winona  Assembly  and  Summer 
School. 

President,  Winona  Electric  Light  &  Water  Co. 

Corporation  Director. 

Capitalist. 

President,  William  E.  Kelley  &  Co.,  Whole- 
sale Lumber. 

Western  Manager,  Sun  Fire  Insurance  Co. 

Capitalist. 

Physician  and  Surgeon. 

President,  Ketcham  &  Rothschild,  Furniture 
Manufacturers. 

President,  Commercial  Safe  Deposit  Co. 

Asst.  Genl.  Passenger  Agent,  Pennsylvania 
Lines. 

Author  and  Editor. 

President,  Fred  H.  Knapp  Co.,  Labeling  Ma- 
chines. 

President,  Knudson  &  Mercer  Lumber  Co. 

Physician  and  Surgeon. 

Chief  Surgeon,  South  Side  Elevated  R.  R. 


[99] 


Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 


KBEBS,  WILLIAM  S. 
KNOTT,  HENRY  A. 

*KBUM,  I.  R. 

LAFLIX,  GEO.  H. 
LAFLIN,  Louis  E. 

(10) 
LAWSON,  WILLIAM  C. 

*LAZEAB,  GEO.  C. 
LEACH,  FEHKY  W. 
LEARNED,  E.  J. 
LEEMINQ,  JOHN,  M.D. 

*LETHEN,  ABNOLD  J. 
LEWIS,  DAVID  R. 
•"fLEWis,  WALKER  O. 
*LININQER,  JOEL  C. 
*LORD,  JOHN  B. 

(56,  97) 

LOSCH,  NATHANIEL  R. 
LOWE,  JOHN  M. 

*LOWRY,  CHAS.  D. 
(5) 

fLuDLOW,  GEO.  MCMURTRY 

(8) 

LUNDY,  AYERS  P. 
LUNHAM,  ROBERT  T. 
LYON,  THOMAS  R. 

MACCHESNEY,  NATHAN  W. 
(121) 


MAcDouoALL,  ARTHUR  R 
MACKAY,  JAMES 

XMAoiE,  WM.  A. 
MAQRUDER,  BENJ.  D. 
MAKER,  GEO.  W. 
MARTIN,  JOHN  D. 


Manager,  McCormick  Estates  &  Properties. 

President,  Knott,  Chandler  &  Co.,  Real  Es- 
tate and  Loans. 

President,  Krum,  Griffith  <fe  Co.,  Lumber 
Merchants. 

Capitalist. 

Capitalist.     Bank  and  Corporation  Director 

President,  Marlboro  Portland  Cement  Co. 
Clerk  of  the  Criminal  Court. 
Fire  Insurance. 

A.  B.  Leach  &  Co.,  Bankers  &  Brokers. 
Treasurer,  Reid,  Murdoch  &  Co. 
Physician  and  Surgeon. 
Chief  Surgeon,  Chicago  City  Railway. 
Illinois  Trust  &  Savings  Bank. 
Vice-President,  Hibernian  Banking  Assn. 
Asst.  Treasurer,  Sears,  Roebuck  &  Co. 
President,  The  Winona  Publishing  Co. 
President,  Ayer  &  Lord  Tie  Co. 

Cashier,  Commercial  National  Bank. 
Vice-President,    Corwin    Coal    Co.,    Smith 

Lowe  Coal  Co. 
Asst.  Supt.,  Schools. 

President,  Money  weight  Scale  Co. 

Vice-President,  Computing  Scale  Co.  of 
America. 

Sargent  &  Lundy.  Mechanical  and  Elec- 
trical Engineers. 

Secy.  &  Treas.,  Boyd-Lunham  Co.,  Packers 
U.  S.  Yards. 

President,  Lyon  Cypress  Lumber  Co. 

Lawyer,  Holt,  MacChesney  &  Cheney,  Real 
Estate  and  Loans. 

Secretary,  Office  Building  Managers  Assn. 

Secretary,  Excelsior  Printing  Co. 

Pres.,  A.  R.  MacDougall  &  Co.,  Opticians. 

Secy., Kellogg,  Mackay,  Cameron  Co.,  Boilers 
and  Radiators. 

President,  Magie  Bros.,  Lubricating  Oils. 

Asso.  Justice,  Supreme  Court  of  Illinois 

Architect. 

Holmes,  Martin  &  Co.,  Fire  &  Plate  Glass 
Underwriters, 


Chicago:    A     Presbyterian     City 


MARSHALL,  FIELDING 
*MATHXSON.  GKO.  W. 
tMxTz,  RUDOLPH 

(71) 
McARTHUR,  ROBERT  D.,  M.D. 

(26) 

fMcBiRNEY,  HUGH 
McCoRMicK,  CYRUS  H. 

(18,  49,  70,  78,  120) 
McCoRMicK,  HAROLD  F. 

(78,  91,  107) 
MCCORMICK,  R.  HALL, 

(7) 
McCoRMicK,  STANLEY 

(7,  14,  79,  81) 
*McCuLLOH,  THOS.  G. 

(5,  99) 


McCuLLOuGH,  HIRAM  R. 
McCuRDY,  GEO.  L. 

McGAViN,  CHARLES 
McKiNNEY,  ROBERT  M. 

(13,  32) 
McKiNNON,  JOHN  W. 


MCLAREN,  JOHN 
McMEEN,  SAMUEL  G. 

*McPHER80N,    E.    P. 
MCSUHELY,  WM.   H. 

*McWiLLiAM8,  LAFAYETTE 

(2*.  92) 

MEAD,  JAMES  L. 
MEEK,  SAMUEL  L. 

*MERRIMAN,  HENRY  P.,  M.D. 

(1,  12) 
*MESSINGER,  WILLIAM  D. 

*MILLER,  BRYCE  A. 
(110) 


Lawyer. 

Capitalist. 

Corporation  Director,  Lawyer. 

Director,  Chicago  Savings  Bank. 

Physician  and  Surgeon. 

President,  National  Lead  Co. 

President,  International  Harvester  Co. 

Railroad  and  Bank  Director. 

Vice-President,  International  Harvester  Co. 

Corporation  Director. 

Capitalist,  Trustee,  Leander  J.  McCormick 

Estate. 

Comptroller,  International  Harvester  Co. 
Corporation  Director. 
Vice-Pres.  and  Treas.,  National  Linseed  Oil 

Co. 

President,  Conf.  and  Bakers'  Supply  Co. 
President,  Federal  Manufacturing  Co. 
Vice-President,    Chicago   &    North-Western 

Ry. 
President,  Geo.  L.  McCurdy  &  Co.,  Marine 

Insurance. 
Congressman. 
Cashier,  National  Bank  of  the  Republic. 

President,  Illinois  Straw  Products  Co. 
Director,  Chicago  Title  &  Trust  Co. 
Vice-President,  Central  Storage  Warehouse 

Co. 

President,  International  Audit  Co. 
Electrical  Engineer.     Telephony  Expert. 
2nd  Vice-President,  Cable  Piano  Co. 
Congressman. 
Oil  Merchant  and  Capitalist. 

President,  Mead  Cycle  Co. 
President,  Fidelity  Trust  Co. 
General  Counsel  for  Corporations. 
Retired  Capitalist. 

President,  W.  D.  Messinger  Co.,  Wholesale 

Paper  Dealers. 
Retired  Ship-builder. 
President,  Washingtonian  Home  Association. 


[101] 


Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 


tMn.Ls,  LUTHER  LAFLIN 

(13,  30,  62,  29,  32) 
MILLS,  MATTHEW 
MINER,  R.  SCOTT, 

(121) 

MITCHELL,  JOHN  H. 
MONTGOMERY,  WM.  T.,  M.D. 

(61) 

MOORE,  E.  B. 
MOORE,  L.  P. 

(120) 
*tMooRE,  NATHAN  G. 


,  ANSON  C. 
MORGAN,  OTHO  H. 

*MORTEN8ON,  JACOB 

tMoRTON,  MARK 
(15) 


fMosELEY,  CARLTON 

"•Moss,  WILLIAM  L. 
X  MOVER,  ELA  B. 
MULLIKEN,  ALFRED  H. 

*MULLIKEN,  CHARLES  H. 

(1,  12) 

XMuNOER,  CHAS.  L. 
*MUNGER,  HENRY  H. 
MURDOCH,  THOS. 

(2*) 

NEELY,  CHARLES  G. 
NELSON,  ROBERT 
*NELSON,  WALTER  C. 

(56,  55) 

NEWBERRY,  ROBERT  T. 
NEWELL,  ASHBEL  B. 

tNicHOLS,  GEO.  R. 

NlTCHIE,  JOSEPH  H. 

NIXON,  WM.  P. 

(62) 
NORTON,  CHAS.  D. 

(23,  70,  75) 


Lawyer,  Orator  and  Ciric  Reformer. 

Congressman. 

Manager,  Educational  Book  Dept., American 

Book  Company. 

Manager,  Pressed  Steel  Car  Company. 
Oculist. 

President,  E.  B.  Moore  &  Co.,  Wood  Carpet. 

Secy,  and  Treas.,  Benj.  Moore  &  Co.,  Paints 
and  Varnishes. 

Lawyer,  Bank  and  Corporation  Director. 

Wilson,  Moore  &  Mcllvaine. 

Secretary  Chicago  Varnish  Co. 

President,  Chicago  Vanish  Co. 

Wholesale  Lumber  Merchant. 

Joy  Morton  &  Co. 

Treasurer,  International  Salt  Co. 

Treasurer,  U.  S.  Sugar  Refining  Co. 

Vice-President,  Morton,  Gregson  Co.,  Packers. 

Vice-President,  Western  Cold  Storage  Co. 

Firm  of  Chase  &  Sanborn.     Importers  of 
Teas  and  Coffees. 

Executor  of  Estates. 

Asst.  Secy.,  National  Life  Ins.  Co.  of  U.  S.  A. 

President,  Pettibone,  Mulliken  &  Co.,  Rail- 
way Supplies. 

C.  H.  Mulliken  &  Co.,  Real  Estate. 

Hardware. 

Hardware  Specialties. 

President,  Reid,  Murdoch  &  Co.,  Wholesale 

Grocers. 

Ex-Judge,  Cook  County  Circuit  Court. 
Vice-President  &  Manager,  In't'l.  Audit  Co. 
Lawyer,  Ex-Alderman  7th  Ward. 

Architect. 

Vice-President  and    Gen'l   Manager,  White 

Pass  and  Yukon  Ry. 
Young  &  Nichols,  Grain  Merchants. 
Secy.,  Columbus  Safe  Deposit  Co. 
Collector,  Port  of  Chicago. 
Journalist. 
Genl.    Agent,    North-Western   Mutual    Life 

Insurance  Go, 


[102] 


Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 


OOILVIB,  Gao.  W. 

ORCHARD, JOHN  G. 
*OSBORNE,  HENRY  SL 

(80) 

tOris,  CHARLES  T. 
*OTIS.  PHILO.  A. 

(91) 
OTIS,  RALPH  C. 


PAGE,  CHARLES  T. 

PARLIAMENT,  SAMUEL 
PARROTTE,  WALTER  L. 

t  PATTEN,  JAS.  A. 
(87) 

PATTERSON,  MELVIN  E. 


PATTERSON,  ROBERT 


PEABODT,  FREDERICK  F. 
PEASLET,  JAMES  C. 
PETERS,  HOMER  H. 


*PETEHSON,  WILLIAM  A. 
(121) 

fPETTIBONE,  AMOS 

(51,  73) 

*PETTIBONE,  ROBERT  S. 

PHILLIPS,  THOS.  P. 


PHILLIPS,  WILLIAM  E. 
PIKE,  CHARLES  B. 


Pres.  and  Trees.,  G.  W.  Ogilvie  ft  Co.   Pub- 
lishers. 

Cashier,  Merchants  Loan  and  Trust  Co. 
Lawyer  and  Corporation  Director. 


Capitalist. 
Real  Estate. 


Capitalist. 


Vice-President,  Chicago  Savings  Bank  & 
Trust  Co. 

President,  Madison  Building  Co. 

Real  Estate  Operator  and  Director  of  Corpo- 
rations. 

Cheese  Merchant,  Parliament  &  Esper. 

President,  Parrotte,  Beals  &  Co.,  Wholesale 
Hats. 

Bartlett,  Frazier  &  Carrington,  Grain  Mer- 
chants. 

Capitalist  and  Loft  Building  Owner. 

Chief  Deputy,  U.  S.  Marshall,  N.  W.  Dist.  of 
Illinois. 

Vice-President,  The  Brown  Co. 

Secy,  and  Treas.,  Columbia  Conservatory  of 
Music  Co. 

President,  The  Tribune  Co. 

Editor-in-Chief,  The  Chicago  Tribune. 

President,  City  Press  Association  of  Chicago. 

Vice-President,  Cluett,  Peabody  &  Co. 

Capitalist. 

President,  Crescent  Oil,  Asphalt  &  Gas  Co. 

President,  Buffalo,  Dunkirk  &  West  R.  R. 

Corporation  Director. 

President,  The  Peterson  Nursery. 

Director,  State  Bank  of  Chicago. 

Vice-President,  P.  F.  Pettibone  &  Co.  Sta- 
tioners. 

Vice-President,  P.  F.  Pettibone  &  Co.  Sta- 
tioners. 

Vice-President,  American  Trust  &  Savings 
Bank. 

President,  Dolese  &  Shepard  Co.,  Quarry- 
men  and  Stone  Contractors. 

Vice-President  and  Genl.  Manager,  Dolese  & 
Shepard  Co. 

President,  Hamilton  National  Bank. 

President.  Merchants  Safe  Deposit  Co. 


Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 


tPiKE,  EUGENE  8. 

(21,92,97) 
PIRIE,  JOHN  T.,  JR. 

(33.  83) 
POOLE,  ABRAM 
POPPENHUSEN,  CONRAD  H. 

(8) 


POPPENHTJSEN,  PAUL  A. 
POTTER,  OHHIN  W. 
*POTWIN,  W.  S. 

(44,  78) 
fPowERS,  ORVILLE  M. 

(79k) 

,  RALPH,  E. 


PRICE,  CHAS.  R. 
PRIDE,  JOSEPH  F. 
PRINQLE,  ROBERT 

*PURINQTON,  GEO.  E. 
*  RALSTON,  HENRY  M. 
(2*) 

,  THOS: 


RAUCHFUSS,  CHAS.  F. 

READING,  ARTHUR  H.,  M  D. 
REAM,  NORMAN  B. 

(49) 

*REED,  CORYDON  A. 
REID,  WM.  H. 
REQUA,  CHAS.  W. 

REVELL,  ALEXANDER  H. 

(19,  34,  87) 
REVELL,  FLEMING  H. 
REYNOLDS,  GEO.  M. 
RICE,  CHAS.  B. 

RICHARDSON,  AUGUSTUS  P. 


Capitalist  and  Bank  Director. 

Carson,  Pirie,  Scott  &  Co.  Dry  Goods  Mer- 
chants. 

Capitalist. 

Lawyer. 

Secretary  and  Chief  Examiner,  Civil  Servic* 
Commission. 

Alderman  of  Evanston. 

President,  Green  Engineering  Company. 

Retired  Manufacturer. 

Treasurer,  Chicago  Varnish  Co. 

President,  Metropolitan  Business  College. 

President  and  Treas.,  Pratt  Cereal  Oil  Co. 
Vice-Pres.   American  Hominy  Co. 
Wholesale  Coal  Merchant. 
President  &  Treasurer,  Junction  Coal  Co. 
Secy.   &   Treas.,   The   Platt   Co.,  Baltimore 

Oysters  and  Canned  Goods. 
Pringle,  Fitch  &  Rankin,  Stock  and  Grain 

Merchants. 
Retired  Merchant. 
President,  North  American  Iron  Co. 

President,  Chicago  Building  and  Manufactur- 
ing Co. 

Secy.,  Liquid  Carbonic  Co. 
Secy.,C.  L.  Bastian  Mfg.  Co.,  Brass  Founders. 
Physician  and  Surgeon. 
Capitalist  and  Corporation  Director. 

Crofts  and  Reed,  Soap  Manufacturers. 

Vice-Pjesident,  111.  Trust  &  Savings  Bank. 

Capitalist. 

Director,  Amer.  Trust  <fe  Savings  Bank. 

President,  Alex.  H.  Revell  &  Co.  Furniture. 

President,  Fleming  H.  Revell  Co.,  Publishers 
President,  Continental  National  Bank. 
Vice-President,  Highland  Park  State  Bank. 
Real  Estate. 

Vice-President,  Richardson  &  Boynton  Co., 
Mfrs.  of  Furnaces,  Ranges  and  Stoves. 


[104] 


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RICHARDSON,  BENJ.  F. 
RICKCORDS,  GEORGE  E. 
RISTINE,  GEORGE  W. 

RlTTENHOUSE,  MOSES  F. 


ROBBINS,  HENRY  S. 
ROBERTS,  WM.  M. 
ROBERTSON,  ALEXANDER 
ROBISON,  JOHN  A.,  M.D. 

JROCKWELL,  F.  W. 

(55) 

ROGERS,  JAS.  GAMBLE 
Ross,  HUGH  R. 
*RUMSAY,  ISRAEL  P. 

(32) 
RUSH,  G.  FRED 

(105) 

RUSSELL,  ROBERT 
SANDERSON,  GEO.  A. 

(27) 

SAWYER,  FRANK  P. 
SCOTT,  JOHN  W. 
*SCOTT,  SAMUEL  S. 
fScoTT,  GEORGE  W. 

(121) 

*SCOTT,  WALTER,  D. 
fSEARLE,  GIDEON  D. 

SEBASTIAN,  JOHN, 

SHANE,  SAMUEL  P. 
SHARP,  WILLIAM  L. 


*SHAW,  FRANK  S. 

(44) 
tSHAw  HOWARD  VAN  DOREN 

(7,  82) 
SHAW,  THEO.  A.,  JR. 


Crandall  &  Richardson,  Wholesale    Lumber 

Merchants. 
Bank  Director. 

President,  Lake  Co.  Title  &  Trust  Co. 
Consulting  Railway  Expert. 
Ex-Pres.,  Colo.  Midland  R.  R. 
President,  Rittenhouse  &  Embree  Lumber  Co. 
President,  Arkansas  Lumber  Co. 
Vice-President,  Chandler  Lumber  Co. 
Director,  Drovers'  Deposit  National  Bank. 
Lawyer. 

Asst.  Supt.  Schools. 

Vice-President,  Continental  National  Bank. 
Physician. 
Manager,  National  Lead  Co. 

Architect. 

President,  Chicago  Wood  Finishing  Co. 

President,  Rumsay  &  Co.,  Grain  Merchants. 

Lawyer. 

President,  Russell  Carpet  Co. 
Investments. 

Vice-President,  Great  Western  Cereal  Co. 

Carson,  Pirie,  Scott  &  Co. 

Carson,  Pirie,  Scott  &  Co. 

President,  Stewart  Food  Co. 

Civil  Engineer. 

Professor  in  Pedagogy,  North- Western  Univ. 

President,  G.  D.  Searle  &  Co.,  Importers  A 
Com.  Merchants.  Heavy  Chemicals. 

Passenger  Traffic'  Manager,  Rock  Island- 
Frisco  System. 

Freight  Traffic  Manager,  Erie  R.  R. 

Vice-Pres.  and  Treas.,  L.  E.  Roberts  <fe  Co., 
Wholesale  Sash,  Doors  and  Blinds. 

President,  Sharp,  Partridge  &  Co.,  Plate  & 
Window  Glass. 

President,  Cable  Piano  Co. 

Director,  Mason  <fe  Hamlin  Co. 

Architect. 

T.  A.  Shaw  A  Co.,  Wholesale  Dry  Goods 
Jobbers. 


[I05] 


Chicago:     A    Presbyterian    City 


SHEDD,  CHAS.  B. 

tSHIELDS,  WM.  S. 

SILK,  EDWARD  E. 

SI880N,  EVEBETT 

(97) 

SIMMONS,  FRANCIS  T. 
(73) 


SIMPSON,  JAMES, 

(33) 

tSLOAN,  DAVID 
SMITH,  BYRON  L. 

(18,  21,  25,  49,  97) 


SMITH,  C.  ALFRED 
SMITH,  CHARLES 

SMITH,  DELEVAN 
(70) 


,  EDWARD  H. 
(78) 

SMITH,  FRANKLIN  P. 
*SMITH,  JEROME  A. 

fSMITH,  J.  R. 

SMITH,  MELANCTHON 


SMITH,  SOLOMON  A. 

(31) 
*SMITH,  WM.  M. 

EDGAR  M. 

ISAAC  B. 
SNOW,  TAYLOR  A. 

SUPER,  JAMES  P. 


SPOOR,  JOHN  A. 
(2,  14,  62,  86) 


Capitalist  and  Bank  Director. 

Civil  Engineer. 

Secy,    and   Genl.    Mgr.,    The   Holland   Co., 

Railway  Supplies. 
Publisher,  The  Interior. 

Secy,  and  Treas.,  F.  T.  Simmons  &  Co.,  Im- 
porters and  Jobbers  of  Kid  Gloves. 
Secy.,  Wm.  H.  Bush  &  Co. 
President,  Lincoln  Park  Commissioners. 
Vice- President,  Marshall  Field  &  Co. 

Chief  Engineer,  McArthur  Bros.  Co. 
President,  Northern  Trust  Co. 
1st  Vice-Pres.,  Chicago  Telephone  Co. 
Director,  C.  &  N.-W.,  A.  T.  &  S.  F.,  and  C.- 

M.  &  St.  P.  Rys. 

President,  Mclntosh  Battery  &  Optical  Co. 
President,  Bradner  Smith  &  Co.,  Wholesale 

Paper  Merchants. 
Capitalist.     Owner  Indianapolis  News  and 

other  Dailies. 

Director,  Oliver  Typewriter  Co. 
Treasurer,  Oliver  Typewriter  Co. 

President,  F.  P.  Smith"Wire  and  Iron  Works. 

President,  S.  D.  Childs  &  Co.,  Stationers 
Engravers  &  Printers. 

Franklin  MacVeagh  &  Co.,  Wholesale  Gro- 
cers. 

President,  Star  Gelatine  Company. 

President,  M.  Smith  &  Co.,  Wholesale  Gro- 
cers' and  Packers'  Supplies. 

Vice-President,  Northern  Trust  Co. 

Merchant. 

President, Edgar  M.  Snow  &  Co.,  Real  Estate. 
Supt.  of  Agencies,  Mass.  Mutual  Life  Ins.  Co. 
President,  Taylor  A.  Snow  Co.,  Real  Estate. 
Director,  Austin  State  Bank. 
Vice-President,  Soper  Lumber  Co. 
Vice-President,  Menominee  Bay  Shore  Lum- 
ber Co. 

President,  Chicago  Junction  Ry. 
President,  Union  Stock  Yards  and  Transit  Co. 
Director  of  Corporations. 


[106] 


Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 


SPHAGUE,  ALBERT  A. 
(7.  35,  97) 

STEARNS.  EDGAR  G. 


STEABNS,  WILLIAM  P. 

STEELE,  D.  A.  K.,  M.D. 
(41,  114) 

*STEELE,  FREDERICK  M. 
tSTEVENS,  RAYMOND  W. 

STOCKTON,  WILLIAM  E. 
fSTONE,  GEORGE  W. 
STONE,  HORACE  G. 
fSTUAHT,  ROBERT 
*SUDLER,  CARROLL  H. 

(120,  121) 
BUTTON,  FREDERIC  W. 

SWEET,  JOHN  W. 

SWIFT,  Louis  F. 

(70) 

*TARBET,  WILLIAM  L. 
Taylor,  J.  Hall 
*tTEALL,  EDWARD  M. 

(19,  28,  78) 

*TEMPLETON,  THOMAS 

(2i,  29,  97,  120) 
TETER,  Lucius, 
TEWKSBURY,  WENTWORTH  W. 
,  JOHN  R. 


THOMPSON,  WILLIAM  C. 


THOMPSON,  LEVERETT 

(28,  83,  120) 
THOMSON,  ROBERT  B. 


President,  Sprague,  Warner  A  Co.,  Whole- 
sale Grocers. 

Bank  and  Corporation  Director. 

President,  &  Treas.,  Chgo.  Rubber  Shoe  Co., 
Wholesale  Rubber  Boots,  Shoes  and  Cloth- 
ing. 

President  and  Treasurer,  Stearns  &  White 
Co.,  Manufacturing  Chemists. 

Physician  and  Surgeon. 

President,  West  Side  Hospital. 

President,  Chicago  Clinical  School. 

President  and  Treas.,  Chgo.  Forge  &  Bolt  Co. 

President,  American  Guaranty  Co. 

Vice-President,  Illinois  Life  Insurance  Co. 

Director,  Western  Trust  &  Savings  Bank. 

Iron  and  Steel  Merchant. 

Grain  Merchant. 

Lawyer. 

Treasurer,  American  Cereal  Co. 

Vice-President,  Ketterlinus  Lithographic 
Manufacturing  Co. 

Auditor,  Chgo.  Lake  Shore  &  Eastern  Ry. 

Auditor,  Elgin,  Joliet  &  Eastern  Ry. 

President,  Sweet,  Dempster  &  Co.,  Whole- 
sale Hats. 

President,  Swift  &  Co.,  Packers. 

Corporation  and  Bank  Director. 

Tax  Commissioner,  Illinois  Central  R.  R. 

Vice-President  American  Spiral  Pipe  Works. 

President,  E.  M.  Teall  &  Co.,  Fire  Under- 
writers. 

President,  Chicago  Underwriters  Assn. 

Capitalist. 

Cashier,  Chicago  Savings  Bank. 

Secy,  and  Treas.,  The  Winona  Publishing  Co. 

Owner  of  Thompson's  Restaurants,  Grocer. 

County  Treasurer. 

President,  Wm.  C.  Thompson  &  Co.,  Bond 

Dealers. 

Vice-Pres.  <fe  Treas.,  Kellogg  Harvester  Co. 
Secy,  and  Treas.,  American  Grain  Shocker  Co. 
Secy.,  Chgo.  Savings  Bank  &  Trust  Co. 

President,  Calumet  Trust  A  Savings  Bank. 
Secy,  and  Treas.,  U.  S.  Yards  &  Transit  Co. 
Secy,  and  Treas.,  Chicago  Junction  Ry. 


Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 


Trros,  JOSEPH  F. 

(97) 
THIMMINOHAM,  RALPH  N. 

fTROWBRIDGE,    C.    M. 

TWEEDY,  OSBORNE  S. 
•(TYLER,  ALFRED  C. 
UPHAM,  FRED  W. 
(14.  95) 


VALENTINE,  ALASTER  I. 
VALENTINE,  P.  ANDERSON 

(6) 

tVAN  ALEN,  BENJ.  T. 
VAN  ARSDALE,  WM.  T. 

VlERLING,  LOUIS 

VIERLING,  ROBERT 
fVosE,  FREDERIC  P. 
(120) 

,  JAMES  R. 


WALLER,  EDWARD  C. 


WALLER,  FRANCIS  C. 
WALLER,  JAMES  B. 
WALLER,  WILLIAM 

WARBRICK,  JOHN  C.,  M.D. 
*WARE,  LYMAN,  M.D. 
WARNER,  EZRA  J. 
(2*.  38) 

WARNER,  EZRA  J.,  JR. 

(21i, 63) 
WARREN,  WM.  H. 
tWATT,  ELIHU  D. 
WEBSTER,  TOWNER  K. 

(33*) 
WEDDELL,  THOMAS  R. 


Vice-President,  Illinois  Central  R.  R. 

Fire  Underwriter. 

Secretary,  Chicago  Underwriters  Assn. 

Vice-President,  Burley   &   Co.,   China   and 

Glassware. 

Chicago  Manager,  Diamond  Rubber  Co, 
Capitalist. 

President,  F.  W.  Upham  Lumber  Co. 
President,  Busse- Reynolds  Coal  Co. 
Vice-President,  Peabody  Coal  Co. 
President,  Cook  County  Board  of  Review. 
President,  Armour  Grain  Co. 
Vice-President,  Armour  &  Co.,  Packers. 
Corporation  and  Bank  Director. 
C.  F.  Boehringer  &  Loehne,  Chemicals. 
Genl.  Agent,  Mutual  Benefit  Life  Ins.  Co. 
Secy,  and  Treas.,  Vierling,  McDowell  Iron 

Works. 

President,  Vierling,  McDowell  Iron  Works. 
Corporation  Lawyer. 

Capitalist. 

Treasurer,  Tacoma  Safe  Deposit  Co. 

Real  Estate. 

President,  North  American  Accident  In- 
surance Co. 

Secy. -Treas.,  Central  Safety  Deposit  Co. 

Coal  Merchant.     Fire  Underwriter. 

Capitalist. 

President,  Waller  Coal  Co. 

Corporation  Director. 

Physician  and  Surgeon. 

Physician  and  Surgeon. 

Vice-President,  Sprague,  Warner  &  Co. 
Wholesale  Grocers. 

Bank  and  Corporation  Director. 

Treasurer,  Sprague,  Warner  &  Co.,  Whole- 
sale Grocers. 

President,  Wm.  H.  Warren  Mfg.  Co. 

Genl-Mgr.  Natl.  Life  Ins.  Co.  of  U.  8.  A. 

President,  Webster  Mfg.  Co.,  Elevating  and 

Conveying  Machinery. 

Asso.  Editor,  The  Insurance  Post. 

Insurance  Editor,  The  Chgo.  Record-Herald. 


[108] 


Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 


WELLS,  MOSES  D. 

(62) 
*WILL«,  ROBERT  M. 


X  WELLS,  SAMUEL  R. 
S,  THOMAS  E. 


tWENTWORTH,  MOSES  J. 

(86) 

t  WHEELER,  ARTHUR  D. 
(75,  92,  97,  104) 


*WHEELOCK,  HENRY  B. 

(92) 

*WHITE,  FRANK  B. 
WHITEHEAD,  H.  C. 
WHITING,  JOHN  H. 

(19) 
WILCOX,  JOHN  W. 

WILDER,  HENRY  W. 
WILDER,  JOHN  E. 
(36) 


WILKINSON,  HARRY 
WILLARD,  NELSON 

*tWlLLIAMS,  DlXON  C. 

WILLIAMS,  LAWRENCE 
WILLIAMS,  NORMAN,  JR. 

(2J) 
WILLIAMS,  THEO.  H. 


WILLING,  MARK  S. 
WILSON,  JOHN  P. 

(86) 
*WINCHELL,  BENJ.  L. 


President,  M.  D.  Wells  &  Co.,     Wholesale 
Shoes. 

Vice- President  and  Treas.,  Wells  <fe  Nellegar 
Co.,  Wholesale  Hardware. 

Vice-President,  Bankers  National  Bank. 

Business  Manager,  Chicago  Daily  News. 

President,  T.  E.  Wells  &  Co.,  Grain  Mer- 
chants. 

Corporation  Director. 

Capitalist. 

Director,  Merchants  Loan  &  Trust  Co. 

Director,  State  Bank  of  Chicago. 

President,  Chicago  Telephone  Co. 

Chairman  of  Board,  Central  Union  Telephone 
Co.  - 

Director,  Western  Electric  Co. 

Director,  Fay-Sholes  Co. 

Architect. 

President,  F.  B.  White  Advertising  Co. 
Consulting  Auditor,  A.  T.  &  S.  F.  Ry. 
President,  Whiting  Foundry  Equipment  Co. 

Secy,  and  Treas.,  C.  M.  Barnes  Co.,  School 
and  Text  Books. 

Secy.,  Chicago  Bridge  and  Iron  Works. 

Wilder  &  Co.,  Tanners  and  Leather  Mer- 
chants. 

Secy,  and  Treas.,  Wilder-Manning  Tanning 
Co. 

Pres.  Editor  and  Publisher,  The  Chicago 
Banker. 

President's  Office,  A.  T.  &.  S.  F.  Ry. 

Vice-Pres.,  Chgo.  Bldg.  &  Mfg.  Co. 

Director  of  Corporations. 

President,  Oliver  Typewriter  Co. 

Chalmers  &  Williams,  Railway  and  Mining 
Machinery. 

Secy,  and  Genl.  Mgr.,  International  Gas  and 
Fuel  Co. 

Pres.  Southern  Development  &  Realty  Co. 

Capitalist. 

Lawyer.  Wilson,  Moore  &  Mcllvaine. 

President,  Chicago,  Rock  Island  <fe  Pacific  Ry. 
Director  Corporations. 


[I09] 


Chicago:     A    Presbyterian     City 


*WISHARD,  LUTHER  D. 

(104) 
WOLFE,  ADOLPHUS 

WOOD,  JAMES 

(56,  92) 

*WOODCOCK,  LINDSAY  T. 
*YOE,  LUCIEN  G. 
tYouNO,  CARYL. 

(25) 

YOUNQ.'LlNN  H. 

(56) 
YUILLE,  GEO.  ALLEN 

ZlEOFELD,  WM.  K. 

ZOROE,  ROBERT  J. 


President,  Wishard,  Langan  Co.,  Land  and 

Lumber  Dealers. 
President,  Kehoe  Co. 
Vice-President,  Coke  Dandruff  Cure  Co. 
Wood  Bros.  &  Co.,  Com'n.   Merchants,  U.  S. 

Yards. 

Genl.  Manager,  Marshall  Field  &  Co.,  Retail. 
Retired  Syrup  Manufacturer. 
Capitalist. 

Secy.-Treas.,  The  GregglSchool. 
Alderman,  6th  Ward. 

Pres.,  Chgo.  Engineering  ^'Construction  Co. 
Manager,  Chicago  Musical  College. 
President,  American  Corn  Milling  Co. 


[HO] 


Chicago:     A     Presbyterian    City 


ROLL   OF    CHURCHES 
THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  CHICAGO 

NOTE: — The  Presbytery  of  Chicago  includes,  in  addition  to  the 
whole  of  Cook  County,  approximately  the  counties  of  Lake,  Du- 
Page,  Will  and  Kankakee,  with  a  church  or  two  in  Grundy  and 
Ford  Counties.     The  membership  is  shown  for  both  the  Churches 
and  the  Sunday  Schools  as  reported  to  the  General  Assembly  of 
1906.     The  addresses  given  are  the  locations  of  the  churches — not 
the  addresses  of  the  pastors. 
P.  indicates  Pastor. 
S.  S.  indicates  Stated  Supply. 

THE  CHURCHES  AND  PASTORS  Memberehip   Membership 

Arlington  Heights  (Rev.  James  T.  Ford,  P.)  . .        Ill  190 

Austin  (Rev.  Robert  H.  Beattie,  P.) 589  449 

Avondale  (Rev.  John  A.  Gallaher,  P.),  N.  Al- 
bany Ave.  and  School  St 167  378 

Belden   Ave  (Rev.    Wm.    E.    McLennan,    P.), 

Belden  and  Seminary  Aves 422  743 

Berwyn  (Rev.  B.  Scott  Bates,  P.)   "      124  225 

Bethany  (Rev.  Charles  A.  Wilson,  P.),  Hum- 

boldt  Boulevard,  near  Cortland  St 215  350 

Braidwood 76  83 

Brighton  Park  (Rev.  James  Maclaughlan,  S.  S.), 

38th  St.,  near  Sacramento  Ave 80  113 

Brookline  (Rev.  Earl  B.  Hubbell,  P.),  Jackson 

Ave.  and  73rd  St 432  441 

Buckingham  (Rev.  Geo.  E.  Young,  P.) 35  64 

Buena  Memorial  (Rev.  Robert  J.  Young,  P.), 

Evanston  Ave.  and  Sheridan  Road 153  115 

Cabery  (Rev.  Hiram  A.  Stinson,  S.  S.) 55  65 

Calvary  (Rev.  William  I.  Stewart,  P.),  Congress 

St.  and  42nd  Ave 280  421 

Campbell  Park  (Rev.  Philip  F.  Matzinger,  P.), 

Leavitt  St.  south  of  Harrison 538  385 

[ill] 


Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 


THE  CHUBCHES    AKD  PASTO». 

Central  Park  (Rev.  Frank  A.  Hosmer,  P.), 

Warren  and  Sacramento  Aves 450  495 

Chicago,  First  (Rev.  John  A.  Morison,  P.),  In- 
diana Ave.  and  21st  St 724  403 

(b)  Chicago,  Second  (Rev.  John  Balcom  Shaw, 

P.),  Michigan  Ave.  and  20th  St 1200  1224 

(c)  Chicago,  Third  (Rev.  Wm.  J.  McCaughan, 

P.),  Ashland  Boul.  and  Ogden  Ave 1371  2025 

Chicago,  Fourth   (Rev.  William  Robson  Not- 

man,  P.),  Rush  and  Superior  Sts 552  317 

Chicago,  Sixth  (Rev.  William  P.  Merrill,  P.), 

Vincennes  Ave.  and  36th  St 638  492 

Chicago,  Seventh  (Rev.  Howell  Isaac,  S.  <S.), 

86th  and  Sangamon  Sts 120  200 

Chicago,  Eighth   (Rev.  Wm.  T.  Wilcox,   P.), 

Washington  Boul.  and  Robey  St 420  329 

Chicago,  Ninth,  S.  Ashland  Ave.  and  Hastings  St.        87  125 

Chicago,   Tenth    (Rev.    Frank   N.   Riale,    P.), 

Emerald  Ave.  and  46th  St 283  221 

Chicago,  Eleventh  (Rev.  Alexander  C.  Manson, 

P.),  Washtenaw  Ave.  and  Crystal  St 178  375 

(a)  Chicago,    Forty-First   St.   (Rev.   Wm.    C. 

Covert,  P.),   Grand  Boul.  and  41st  St 1270  1294 

Chicago    Fifty-Second  Ave   (Rev.   George   B. 

Safford,  P.),  52nd  Ave.  and  Fulton  St.   ...       230  478 

Chicago  Heights  (Rev.  Jacob  B.  Fleming,  P.)   .       186  144 

Christ,  Orchard  and  Center  Sts 271  751 

Covenant  (Rev.  W.  S.  Plumer  Bryan,  P.),  Bel- 
den  Ave.  and  N.  Halsted  St 480  380 

Deerfield  (Rev.  J.  C.  Engel,  S.  S.) 45  85 

Douglas  Park,  1725  12th  St 40  

DuPage  (Rev.  Matthew  B.  McNutt,  P.) 141  150 

Edgewater  (Rev.  Louis  Perkins  Cain,  P.),  Ken- 
more  and  Bryn  Mawr  Aves 230  504 

Elwood  (Rev.  Ralph  H.  Nye,  P.) 65  90 

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Chicago:     A    Presbyterian    City 


Church      Sunday  School 
THE  CHURCHES  AND  PASTORS  Membwship    Ifomberihip 

Emerald   Ave.  (Rev.    James   M.    Eakins,    P.), 

Emerald  Ave.  and  W.  67th  St 273  475 

Endeavor  (Rev.  Edward  N.  Ware,  P.),  Cornelia 

Ave.  and  Paulina  St 124  332 

Englewood   (Rev.   Willard  H.   Robinson,   P.), 

Yale  and  64th  Sts 836  495 

Evanston,  First  (Rev.  John  H.  Boyd,  P.),  Chi- 
cago Ave.  and  Lake  St 952  594 

Evanston,  Second  (Rev.  Stuart  M.  Campbell, 

P.),  Main  St.  and  Hinman  Ave 262  243 

Faith  (Rev.  Emil  L.  Winterberger,  P.),  Cornelia 

St.,  near  Willow  Ave.,  Austin 86  232 

Fullerton  Ave  (Rev.  George  Dugan,  P.) ,  Fuller- 
ton  Ave.  and  Hamilton  Court 394  358 

Gardner  (Rev.  Henry  W.  Burger,  P.) 78  252 

Garfield  Boulevard  (Rev.  R.  Keene  Ryan,  P.), 

5505  S.  Halsted  St 130  275 

Grace  (Rev.  Moses  H.  Jackson,  P.),  3407  Dear- 
born St 152  274 

Harvey  (Rev.  Clyde  L.  Lucas,  P.) 159  145 

Herscher  (Rev.  George  E.  Young,  P.) 69  101 

Highland  Park  (Rev.  Albert  A.  Pfanstiehl,   P.)  208  237 

Hinsdale  (Rev.  T.  D.  Wallace,  P.) 79  151 

Homewood 38  91 

Hyde  Park  (Rev.  Joseph  A.  Vance,  P.),  Wash- 
ington Ave.  and  53rd  St 871  566 

Immanuel  (Rev.  Ernest  W.  Symonds,  P.),  Bon- 
field  and  31st  Sts 174  -292 

Italian  (Rev.  Filippo  Grilli,  S.  S.),  71  W.  Ohio  St  134  120 

Itasca 17  52 

Jefferson  Park,  Adams  and  Throop  Sts 252  216 

Joliet,  Central  (Rev.  Robert  Yost,  P.) 564  337 

Joliet,  First  (Rev.  Clarence  G.  Reynolds,  P.)  . .  472  330 

Joliet,  Second 93  168 

Joliet,  Willow  Ave.  (Rev.  Alexander  Lewis.'P.)  88  143 

Kankakee  (Rev.  David  Creighton,  P.) 440  347 

["3] 


Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 


Church      Sunday  School 
THE  CHUBCHES  AND  PASTORS  Mtmbenhip     Membenhip 

LaGrange  (Rev.  Frank  H.  Hays,  P.) 187  132 

Lake  Forest  (Rev.  W.  H.  W.  Boyle,  P.) 450  193 

Lake  View  (Rev.  Frank  M.  Carson,  P.),  Evan- 

ston  Ave.  and  Addison  St 437  425 

Libertyville 79  150 

Logan  Square  (Rev.  Duncan  C.  Milner,  P.),  1088 

Hayes  St 51  128 

Manteno  (Rev.  Warren  F.  Goff,  P.) 120  131 

Maywood  (Rev.  Edgar  Beckwith,  P.) 153  180 

Millard  Avenue  (Rev.  Abram  J.  Van  Page,  P.), 

Millard  Ave.,  near  Ogden 137  190 

Morgan  Park  (Rev.  Alexander  Patterson,  P.)  .  147  210 

New  Hope  (Coal  City) 107  176 

Normal  Park  (Rev.  J.  A.  Rondt baler,  P.),  Yale 

Ave.  and  71st  St 402  483 

Oak  Park,  First,  (Rev.  George  N.  Luccock,  P.), 

Lake  St.  and  Kenilworth  Ave 765  892 

Oak  Park,  Second  (Rev.  James  T.  Marshall,  P.), 

Washington  Boul.  and     64th    Ave.,     Oak 

Park 117  137 

Olivet  Memorial  (Rev.  Norman  B.  Barr,  P.), 

Penn  and  Vedder  Sts 316  887 

Onward  (Rev.  Wm.  M.  Eaton,  P.),  Leavitt  and 

W.  Ohio  Sts 92  407 

Peotone 150  130 

Pullman  (Rev.  Henry  S.  Jenkinson,  S.  S.) 127  175 

Ravenswood  (Rev.  Frederick  L.  Selden,  P.), 

Montrose  and  Hermitage  Aves 317  285 

Ridgeway  Ave.  (Rev.  T.  Walker  Malcolm,  P.), 

233  Ridgeway  Ave.,  near  Huron  St 224  260 

River  Forest  (Rev.  W.  W.  Johnstone,  P.) 153  174 

Riverside  (Rev.  Hermon  D.  Jenkins,  P.) 180  135 

Roseland,  State  and  112th  Sts 97  102 

Roseland,  Central  (Rev.  Maurice  Grigsby,  P.)  106  143 
Scotch '  Westminster,  (Rev.  James  MacLagan, 

S.  /S.),  Adams  and  Sangamon  Sts 72  40 


Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 


THE  CHURCHES  AND  PASTORS  Membership 

South  Chicago  (Rev.  A.  Golden  Work,  S.  S.), 

Exchange  Ave.  and  91st  St 86  120 

South  Park  (Rev.  C.  Harmon  Johnson,  P.),  4817 

Michigan  Ave 185  192 

South  Waukegan  (Rev.  J.  Homer  Kerr,  S.  S.), 

N.  Chicago,  Lake  County 18  90 

St.  Anne 274  150 

Waukegan  (Rev.  Samuel  W.  Chidester,  P.)  ...       167  202 

West  Division  St.,  W.  Division  St.  and  Marion 

Court 101  529 

Windsor  Park  (Rev.  Charles  N.  Wilder,  S.  S.), 

7621  Bond  Ave 70  80 

Wilmington  (Rev.  J.  Wallace  MacGowan,  P.)  . .         77  100 

Woodlawn  Park  (Rev.  Edward  H.  Curtis,  P.), 

Kimbark  Ave.  and  64th  St 827  978 

Zion  (Rev.  Henry  J.  Wiegand,  P.),  Wheeling. .         77  54 

Total  26,071          29,690 

Of  this  number  the  following  are  within  the  Chicago  City 
Limits: 

Church     Sunday  School 
Membership    Membership 

Churches— 54 18.513         22,202 

Missions — 19 

FORMER  CUMBERLAND  CHURCHES 

Church  of  Providence  (Rev.  A.  H.  Stephens,  P.), 

1193  Sheffield  Ave 280  225 

Drexel  Park  (Rev.  A.  G.  Bergen,  P.),  W  .64th 

St.,  N.  E.  corner  S.  Marshfield  Ave 150  325 

Hope  Church,  (  P.)  S. 

Peoria  near  W.  62nd  St 35  75 

Marlboro  Church  (Rev.  Light,  P.),  W.  68th  St. 

corner  S.  Oakley  Ave 60  125 

Grand  Ridge  (Rev.  C.  J.  Wilson,  P.)  150  200 

Total 675  950 

["Si 


Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 


ROLL  OF  MISSIONS 

Belden,  819  Clybourn  Ave. 

Belmont  Ave.  Chapel,  Belmont  Ave.,  near  Clybourn. 
a  Bethlehem  Chapel,  Fifth  Ave.  and  52nd  St. 

Bohemian,  461  W.  18th  St. 

Chinese,  Michigan  Ave.  and  21st  St. 

Chinese,  Warren  Ave.  and  Robey  St. 

Chinese,  Halsted  St.  and  Belden  Ave. 

Chinese,  122  E.  Lake  St. 
b  Crerar  Chapel,  5831  Indiana  Ave. 

Edgewater  Branch,  Granville  and  Perry  Aves. 
c  Erie  Ckapel,  312  W.  Erie  St. 

Emerson  Street,  Evanston. 

Foster,  Jackson  Blvd.  and  Peoria  St. 

Grant,  Grant  Locomotive  Works. 

Gunn  Chapel,  Joliet. 

Italian,  Grand  and  Western  Aves. 

Italian,  Taylor  St.,  near  S.  Desplaines. 

Lake  Forest,  Lake  Forest,  West  Side. 

Mosely,  2529  Calumet  Ave. 

Mt.  Greenwood,  Mt.  Greenwood. 

North  Kankakee,  Kankakee. 

Pioneer,  Harlem. 

Railroad  Chapel,  3825  Dearborn  St. 

State  Street,  6552  State  St. 

West  Hinsdale,  Hinsdale. 

Woodlawn  Branch,  60th  St.,  near  Madison  Ave. 

a — Bethlehem  Chapel  membership  included  in  41st  St.  Church 
figures. 

b — Crerar  Chapel  membership  included  in  2nd  Church  figures' 
c — Erie  Chapel  membership  included  in  3rd  Church  figures. 

NOTE: — In  order  that  the  same  basis  be  used  in  showing  the 
membership  of  all  the  organizations,  the  three  larger  Chapels  re- 
ferred to  above,  which  ordinarily  are  reported  separately,  as 
churches,  are  included  with  the  churches  with  which  they  are 
affiliated. 

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YOUNG  MEN'S  PRESBYTERIAN  UNION  OF 

CHICAGO 
EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE 

PRESIDENT 

ANDREW  STEVENSON,  1937  Kenmore  Avenue,  (Buena  Memorial 
Church.) 

GENERAL  VICE-PRESIDENTS 

NOLAN  R.  BEST,  69  Dearborn  Street  (La  Grange  Church). 
P.  F.  AHRENS,  738  West  Adams  Street  (Eighth  Church). 

VICE-PRESIDENTS 

Devotion — CARROLL  H.  SUDLER,  423  Monadnock  Building  (Fourth 
Church). 

Education — A.  PERCY  BALLOTJ,  922  Merchants  Loan  and  Trust 
Building  (Forty-first  Street  Church). 

Fealty — Louis  A.  BOWMAN,  814  Tacoma  Building  (Oak  Park 
Church). 

Citizenship — DONALD  M.  CARTER,  1410  Marquette  Building 
(Hyde  Park  Church). 

Organization — R.  SCOTT  MINER,  521  Wabash  Avenue  (Woodlawn 
Park  Church). 

Fellowship — ARTHUR  B.  HALL,  1675  Old  Colony  Building  (Wood- 
lawn  Park  Church). 

SECRETARY 

LEON  M.  BETTS,  42  Dearborn  Station  (Englewood  Church). 

TREASURER 

McKENZiE   CLELAND,    934   Stock   Exchange    Building    (Second 
United  Presbyterian  Church). 
AND 

REV.  GEORGE  L.  ROBINSON,  4  Chalmers  Place  (McCormick  Theo- 
logical Seminary). 

REV.  WILLIAM  C.  COVERT,  367  Oakwood  Boulevard  (Forty-first 
Street  Church). 

REV.  GEORGE  DUGAN,  746  Fullerton  Avenue  (Fullerton  Avenue 
Church). 


Chicago:    A     Presbyterian     City 


REV.  J.  A.  GALLAHER  (Avondale  Church). 

WILLIAM  A.  PETERSON,  1301  Stock  Exchange  Building  (Edge- 
water  Church). 

J.  HARRY  JONES,  142  Monroe  Street  (La  Grange  Church). 

WALTER    F.  BROWN,  156  Wabash  Ave.  (Evanston  First  Church). 

HENRY  C.  DURAND,  22  North  Union  Street  (Lake  Forest  Church.) 

HARRY  P.  COFFIN,  240  Wabash  Ave.  (Third  Church). 

FRANCIS  L.  BOGGS,  69  Dearborn  Street  (Calvary  Church). 

NATHAN  W.  MACCHESNEY,  Stock  Exchange  Building(  Hyde  Park 
Church).  Chairman  Finance  Committee. 

W.  H.  ROBERTSON,  210  Western  Union  Bldg.  (Austin  Faith 
Church).  Chairman  Publication  Committee. 

REV.  HOWARD  W.  JOHNSON,  108  East  20th  Street  (Second  Church). 
Chairman  Committee  on  Homes  for  Young  Men. 


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Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 


RANK  OF  CHURCHES  IN   THE   PRESBYTERY  OF 
CHICAGO  IN  ACTUAL  MEMBERSHIP 


1.  Third  (inc.  Erie  Chapel)  . .  .1371  33. 

2.  Forty-first  Street 1029  34. 

3.  Evanston,  First 952  35. 

4.  Second 884  36. 

5.  Hyde  Park 871  37. 

6.  Englewood 836  38. 

7.  Woodlawn 827  39. 

8.  Oak  Park,  First 765  40. 

9.  First 724  41. 

10.  Sixth 638  42. 

11.  Austin 589  43. 

12.  Joliet,  Central 564  44. 

13.  Fourth 552  45. 

14.  Campbell  Park 538  46. 

15.  Covenant 480  47. 

16.  Joliet,  First 472  48. 

17.  Lake  Forest   450  49. 

18.  Central  Park 450  50. 

19.  Kankakee 440  51. 

20.  Lake  View 437  52. 

21.  Brookline   432  53. 

22.  Belden  Avenue 422  54. 

23.  Eighth 420  55. 

24.  Normal  Park  402  56. 

25.  Fullerton  Avenue 394  57. 

26.  Ravenswood 317  58. 

27.  Olivet  Memorial 316  59. 

28.  Crerar  Chapel 316  60. 

29.  Tenth 283  61. 

30.  Calvary 280  62. 

31.  St.  Anne 274  63. 

32.  Emerald  Avenue 273  64. 

65.  Seventh 120  83. 

66.  Oak  Park,  Second 117  84. 

67.  Arlington  Heights Ill  85. 

68.  New  Hope  (Coal  City) 107  86. 

69.  Roseland  Central 106  87. 

70.  West  Division  Street 101  88. 

71.  Roseland 97  89. 

72.  Joliet,  Second 93  90. 

73.  Onward 92  91. 

74.  Joliet,  Willow  Avenue 88  92. 

75.  Ninth 87  93. 

76.  Faith 86  94. 

77.  South  Chicago 86  95. 

78.  Libertyville 79 

79.  Hinsdale 79 

80.  Gardner 78 

81.  Zion  (Wheeling) 77 

82.  Wilmington 77 


Christ 271 

Evanston,  Second 262 

Jefferson  Park 252 

Bethlehem  Chapel 241 

Fifty-second  Avenue 230 

Edgewater 230 

Ridgeway  Avenue 224 

Bethany   215 

Highland  Park 208 

La  Grange 187 

Chicago  Heights 186 

South  Park 185 

Riverside 180 

Eleventh 178 

Immanuel 174 

Avondale 167 

Waukegan 167 

Harvey 169 

River  Forest 153 

Maywood 153 

Buena  Memorial 163 

Grace 152 

Peotone 150 

Morgan  Park 147 

Du  Page 141 

Millard  Avenue 137 

Italian 134 

Garfleld  Boulevard 130 

Pullman 127 

Endeavor  124 

Berwyn 124 

Manteno 120 

Braidwood  76 

Scotch  Westminster 72 

Windsor  Park 70 

Herscher 69 

Elwood 65 

Cabery 55 

Logan  Square 51 

Deerfield 45 

Douglas  Park „•    40 

Homewood 38 

Buckingham 35 

South  Waukegan 18 

Itasca 17 

Average  size  of  Church  .  .274.4 
No.  above  the  average  ...  30 . 
No.  below  the  average  ...  66 . 


Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 


REAL   GROWTH    AND   DEVELOPMENT    OF    CHURCHES 

IN  THE   PRESBYTERY  OF  CHICAGO 

YEAR  ENDING  APRIL,  1906 

This  table  shows  the  development  of  the  churches 
during  the  last  year  on  the  basis  of  additions  to  member- 
ship on  confession  of  faith — the  standard  generally  ac- 
cepted as  the  one  indicating  the  spiritual  life  and  growth 
of  the  church. 


Number  added 

on  confession  of 

Rank  Church  faith 

1.  Olivet  Memorial 66 

2.  Third  (inc.  Erie  Chapel)  ...  62 

3.  Oak  Park,  First 58 

4.  Second 54 

5.  Tenth 53 

6.  Forty-First  Street 44 

7.  Crerar  Chapel 41 

8.  First  (inc.  R.  R.  Mission)  .  .  40 

Normal  Park  40 

Fifty-Second  Avenue  40 

11.  Ravenswood 37 

12.  Evanston,  First 36 

13.  Brookline  35 

14.  Millard  Avenue 31 

Central  Park 31 

16.  Lake  View 30 

17.  Austin 28 

18.  Belden  Avenue 27 

Campbell  Park 27 

Lake  Forest  27 

21.  Oak  Park,  Second 25 

Berwyn 25 

Eleventh 25 

24.  Joliet,  Central 24 

25.  Woodlawn  Park 23 

Italian 23 

Ninth 23 

West  Division  Street 23 

29.  Englewood 22 

Bethlehem  Chapel 22 

Grace 22 

32.  Kankakee 21 

Sixth 21 

34  Avondale 20 

Christ 20 

36.  Hinsdale  ...  16 


Number  added 

on  confession  of 

Rank  Church  faith 

36.  Covenant 19 

Joliet,  First 19 

39.  Immanuel 17 

Emerald  Avenue 17 

41.  Harvey  16 

Ridgeway  Avenue 16 

43.  Fourth 15 

44.  Morgan  Park  14 

Joliet,  WiDow  Avenue 14 

South  Park 14 

47.  Hyde  Park 13 

48.  Manteno 12 

Seventh 12 

50.  Edgewater 11 

Bethany  11 

Scotch  Westminster 11 

53.  Calvary 10 

Endeavor  10 

Du  Page 10 

56.  Eighth 9 

Buena  Memorial 9 

Waukegan 8 


58. 

Highland  Park 

Herscher  

Garfield  Boulevard 

Libertyville 

63.  Arlington  Heights 

Maywqod 

65.  Riverside 

Chicago  Heights  . . 

St.  Anne 

68.  Logan  Square 

Evanston,  Second  , 

Fullerton  Avenue . 

Faith 

72.  Onward 


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Number  added 
on  confession  of 

Rank  Church  faith 

72.  Joliet,  Second 4 

Jefferson  Park 4 

Braidwood  4 

Roseland 4 

77.  Windsor  Park 3 

Cabery 3 

Wilmington 3 

Buckingham 3 

South  Chicago 3 

Itasca 3 

La  Grange 3 

84.  Roseland  Central 2 

Deerfield 2 

86.  New  Hope  (Coal  City) 1 


Number  added 

on  confession  of 

Rank  Church  faith 

86.  Peotone 1 

88-95  South  Waukegan  none 

Elwood none 

Pullman  none 

River  Forest none 

Gardner  . .  . .' none 

Zion  (Wheeling) none 

Homewood    none 

Douglas  Park none 

Average  additions  on  confession 

of  faith,  per  church  16.6 

No.  churches  above  average  ...     40 
No.  churches  below  average  ...     55 


PERCENTAGE  ADDITIONS  ON  CONFESSION  OF  FAITH 
BEARS  TO  ENTIRE  CHURCH  MEMBERSHIP 

Table  giving  the  percentage  of  additions  on  confession 
of  faith  to  the  present  church  membership  which  is 
perhaps  the  most  accurate  way  of  determining  the  con- 
dition of  the  churches'  spiritual  life. 


Rank  Church  Per  cent. 

1.  Ninth 26.4 

2.  Hinsdale 24 . 0 

3.  West  Division  Street 22 .7 

4.  Millard  Avenue 22 . 6 

5.  Oak  Park,  Second 21 .3 

6.  Olivet  Memorial 20 .6 

7.  Berwyn 20 .1 

8.  Tenth 18.7 

9.  Itasca 17.6 

10.  Fifty-Second  Avenue   17 .3 

11.  Italian 17.1 

12.  Joliet,  Willow  Avenue 15.9 

13.  Scotch  Westminster 15.2 

14.  Grace 14.4 

15.  Eleventh 14 .0 

16.  Crerar  Chapel 12 .9 

17.  Avondale 11.9 

18.  Ravenswood  . .  .  r-. 11.6 

19.  Herscher 11.5 

20.  Libertyville 10.1 

21.  Harvey 10.0 

22.  Manteno 10 .0 

23.  Seventh 10 .0 

24.  Normal  Park 9.9 

25.  Logan  Square 9.8 

26.  Immanuel 9.7 


Rank 


Church 


Per  cent 


27.  Morgan  Park  9.5 

28.  Bethlehem  Chapel 9.1 

29.  Buckingham 8.5 

30.  Brookline 8.1 

31.  Endeavor  8.0 

32.  Oak  Park,  First 7.5 

33.  South  Park 7.5 

34.  Christ 7.3 

35.  Ridgeway  Avenue 7.1 

36.  Du  Page 7.0 

37.  Central  Park 6.8 

38.  Lake  View 6.8 

39.  Belden  Avenue 6.3 

40.  Arlington  Heights 6.3 

41.  Emerald  Avenue 6.2 

42.  Second 6.1 

43.  Garfield  Boulevard 6.1 

44.  Lake  Forest  6.0 

45.  Buena  Memorial 5.8 

46.  Faith 5.8 

47.  First 5.5 

48.  Cabery 5.4 

49.  Braidwood 5.2 

50.  Bethany 5.1 

51.  Campbell  Park 5.0 

52.  Austin 4.8 


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Rank        Church  Per  cent. 

53.  Waukegan 4.7 

54.  Edgewater 4.7 

65.  Kankakee 4.6 

56.  Maywood 4.5 

67.  Third 4.5 

68.  Joliet,  Central   4.4 

59.  Deerfield 4.4 

60.  Onward 4.3 

61.  Joliet,  Second 4.3 

62.  Forty-First  Street 4.2 

63.  Windsor  Park 4.2 

64.  Roseland 4.1 

65.  Joliet,  First 4.0 

66.  Covenant 3.9 

67.  Wilmington 3.8 

68.  Highland  Park 3.8 

69.  Chicago  Heights 3.7 

70.  Calvary 3.5 

71.  Evanston,  First 3.5 

72.  Sou+h  Chicago 3.4 

73.  Riverside 3.2 

74.  Sixth 3.2 

75.  Woodlawn  Park 2.7 

76.  Fourth 2.7 

77.  Enslewood 2.6 


Rank       Church  Per  cent. 

78.  St.  Anne 2.1 

79.  Eighth 2.1 

80.  Evanston,  Second 1 .9 

81.  Roseland  Central 1 .8 

82.  La  Grange 1 .7 

83.  Jefferson  Park 1.5 

84.  Hyde  Park 1.4 

85.  Fullerton  Avenue 1.2 

86.  New  Hope 0.8 

87.  Peotone 0.6 

88.  South  Waukegan 0.0 

89.  E'wood 0.0 

90.  Pullman 0.0 

91.  River  Forest 0.0 

92.  Gardner 0.0 

93.  Zion  (Wheeling) 0.0 

94.  Homewood 0.0 

95.  Douglas  Park 0.0 

Average  percentage  new  addi- 
tions on  confession  of  faith 

is  of  entire  membership ....  6.0 

No.  churches  above  average  ...  44 

No.  churches  below  average  ...  61 


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PRESBYTERY  OF  CHICAGO    COMPARED  WITH  LEAD- 
ING PRESBYTERIES 

(Those  having  over  10,000  members.) 


Churches 

_c. 

Average  size 
of  Church 

Additions  on 
Confession  of 
Faith 

Average  addi- 
tions per 
Church 

ftjlt 
llj!1 

Presbyterian  Church  in  U.  S.  A. 

8,118 
95 

1,158.662 
26.071 

142.7 
274  4 

79,589 
1,585 

9.0 
16  6 

6.8 
6  0 

Chicago  above  the  average  by 

131  7 

7  6 

Chicago  below  the  average  by 

0  8 

Presbytery  of  — 
1.    Philadelphia  

79 

40,751 

515  8 

2,561 

32  4 

6  2 

2.    Pittsburgh  

83 

29,415 

354  4 

2,050 

24  2 

6  9 

3.    New  York  

54 

28,996 

536.9 

1,627 

30  1 

5  6 

4,    Chicago  ,.,,,., 

95 

26,071 

274  4 

1,585 

16  6 

6  0 

43 

17,301 

402  3 

1264 

29  4 

7  3 

6.    Lackawanna  

100 

17,254 

172  5 

983 

98 

5  7 

7.    Philadelphia.  North  
8.    Newark  

64 
39 

16,526 
13,960 

258.2 
357  9 

812 
908 

12.7 
23  2 

4.9 
6  5 

9.    Rochester  

49 

13,336 

272  1 

583 

11  9 

4  3 

10.    Huntington  

78 

12,264 

157  2 

826 

10  6 

6  7 

ll.    Erie    .T  

66 

12,169 

184  3 

615 

9  3 

5  0 

12.    Detroit  

49 

11,845 

241  6 

619 

12  6 

5  2 

13.    Allegheny  

49 

11,621 

237  1 

698 

14  2 

6  0 

14.    Cincinnati  

66 

11,529 

174  6 

684 

10  3 

5.9 

15.    Buffalo  

53 

11,521 

217  3 

791 

14  9 

6  8 

16.    Chester  

55 

11,181 

203  2 

907 

16  4 

8  1 

17.    Los  Angeles  

65 

11,119 

171  0 

852 

13  1 

7  6 

18.    Morris  and  Orange  

44 

11020 

250  4 

432 

9  8 

3  9 

19.    Blairsville  

51 

10,948 

214  6 

692 

13-5 

6  3 

20.    Cleveland  

41 

10,949 

267  0 

688 

16  7 

6  7 

21.    Elizabeth  

33 

10,659 

323  0 

735 

22  2 

6  8 

22.    Albany  

51 

10,657 

209  0 

423 

8  2 

3  0 

23.    Steubenville  

62 

10,124 

163  2 

496 

8  0 

4  9 

Total  23  leading  Presbyteries 

1.369 
59 

361,216 
15,705 

263  i 

12,841 
558 

6's 

4  i 

Chicago  above  average  by  ... 

36 

10,366 

11.1 

1,027 

7!a 

1.0 

Chicago:     A     Presbyterian     City 


For  convenience  the  following  table  showing  the  growth 
of  the  larger  churches  and  Sunday  Schools  from  1876  to 
1906  is  included.  Only  those  having  a  membership  of 
over  500  in  1906  are  given. 

GROWTH  OF  THE  CHURCHES  AND  SUNDAY  SCHOOLS 


19 

06 

181 

)6 

18! 

56 

IK 

'6 

Church. 

2 

6 

02 

02 

,a 
J 

02 
02 

•° 
1 

02 
02 

i 
1 

00 
OS 

1.    Third              .          

1371 

2025 

1200 

2941 

2300 

2100 

1093 

625 

2.    Forty-First  Street    

1270 

1294 

982 

1124 

151 

227 

32 

250 

3.    Second  

1200 

1224 

797 

696 

720 

641 

562 

960 

952 

594 

701 

542 

445 

314 

226 

290 

b.    Hyde  Park  

871 

566 

572 

547 

414 

514 

201 

360 

6.    Englewood    

836 

495 

475 

535 

310 

482 

202 

450 

7.    Woodlawn  Park  
8     Oak  Park,  1st  

827 
765 

978 
892 

326 
271 

260 
233 

54 

138 

110 
113 

9.    First  

724 

403 

721 

200 

1062 

842 

710 

800 

10.    Sixth  

638 

492 

531 

529 

576 

643 

191 

424 

589 

449 

368 

675 

111 

165 

63 

125 

12.    Joliet  Central    

564 

337 

646 

318 

410 

465 

203 

230 

13     Fourth 

552 

317 

579 

400 

435 

1145 

260 

600 

14.    Campbell  Park  

538 

385 

270 

350 

135 

270 

Total  .          .               .... 

11  697 

8439 

7261 

3743 

Average  membership  

835 

602 

515 

340 

GROWTH  OF  THE  LARGER  PRESBYTERIES  DURING 
THE  LAST  THIRTY  YEARS 


1 

m 

U 

96 

1 

386 

18 

76 

Rank 

Mem. 

Rank 

Mem. 

Rank 

Mem. 

Rank 

Mem. 

Philadelphia  

1 

40751 

1 

32792 

1 

27  444 

1 

22048 

Pittsburgh  

2 

29415 

4 

18804 

5 

10  734 

5 

8719 

New  York  

3 

28996 

2 

24872 

2 

19590 

2 

16  881 

Chicago  

4 

26071 

3 

19455 

4 

12489 

7 

7235 

Brooklyn  

5 

17,301 

6 

13588 

3 

14250 

4 

9  406 

Lackawanna  

6 

17254 

5 

14645 

7 

9  110 

g 

5932 

Philadelphia,  North  .... 
Newark  

7 
8 

16,526 
13960 

7 
8 

11,478 
11  437 

10 
9 

7,204 
7  555 

9 

g 

5,932 
6  157 

Huntington    

9 

12264 

10 

11038 

6 

9585 

3 

10  125 

Erie  

10 

12,169 

9 

11  158 

g 

8  141 

6 

7236 

Detroit  

11 

11,845 

11 

9,707 

12 

6294 

11 

4830 

Allegheny  

12 

11,621 

12 

9,480 

Jl 

6,530 

10 

5,168 

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